Patents and IP

I. Bancroft and R. Wells.
FAD2 mutations for high oleic acid rapeseed oil
GB 1103569.8

I. Bancroft, D.R. Stokes, C.L. Morgan, F. Fraser and C.M. O’Neill.
PCT/GB2007/001194 Prediction of heterosis and other traits by transcriptome analysis.

Publications: peer reviewed

I. Bancroft, C. Morgan, F. Fraser, J. Higgins, R. Wells, L. Clissold, D. Baker, Y. Long, J. Meng, X. Wang, S. Liu and M. Trick
Genome dissection in the polyploid crop oilseed rape by transcriptome sequencing
Nature Biotechnology 29:762-6, 2011

The Brassica rapa Genome Sequencing Project Consortium
The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa
Nature Genetics 43:1035-1039, 2011

C. M. O’Neill, D. Baker, G. Bennett, J. Clarke and I. Bancroft
Two high linolenic mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana contain megabase-scale genome duplications encompassing the FAD3 locus
Plant Journal 2011 Aug 16. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04742.x. [Epub ahead of print]

C.M. O’Neill, C. Morgan, C. Hattori, M. Brennan, U. Rosas, H. Tschoep, P.X. Deng, D. Baker, R. Wells and I. Bancroft
Towards the genetic architecture of seed lipid biosynthesis and accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Heredity 2011 Jul 6. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2011.54. [Epub ahead of print]

A. M. Smooker, R. Wells, C. Morgan, F. Beaudoin, K. Cho, F. Fraser and I. Bancroft
The identification and mapping of candidate genes and QTL involved in the fatty acid desaturation pathway in Brassica napus
Theor Appl Genet.  112:1075-1090, 2011

D. Stokes, F. Fraser, C. Morgan, C.M. O’Neill, R. Dreos, A. Magusin, S. Szalma and I. Bancroft
An Association Transcriptomics approach to the prediction of hybrid performance
Molecular Breeding 26:91-106, 2010                                                                                                

K. Cho, C.M. O’Neill, S.-J. Kwon, T.-J. Yang, A.M. Smooker, F. Fraser and I. Bancroft
Sequence-level comparative analysis of the Brassica napus genome around two stearoyl-ACP desaturase loci
Plant Journal61:591-599, 2010

J-H Mun, S-J Kwon, Y-J Seol, JA Kim, M Jin, JS Kim, M-H Lim, S-I Lee, JK Hong, T-H Park, S-C Lee, B-J Kim, M-S Seo, S Baek, M-J Lee, JY Shin, J-H Hahn, Y-J Hwang, K-B Lim, JY Park, J Lee, T-J Yang, H-J Yu, I-Y Choi, B-S Choi, SR Choi, N Ramchiary, YP Lim, F Fraser, N Drou, E Soumpourou, M Trick, I Bancroft, AG Sharpe, IAP Parkin, J Batley, D Edwards and B-S Park
Sequence and structure of Brassica rapa chromosome A3
Genome Biology 11:R94, 2010

F. Cheung, M. Trick, N. Drou, Y.-P. Lim, J.-Y.Park, S.-J. Kwon, J.-A Kim, R. Scott, J.C. Pires, A.H. Paterson, C. Town and I. Bancroft
Comparative analysis between homoeologous genome segments of Brassica napus and its progenitor species reveals extensive sequence-level divergence
The Plant Cell 21:1912-1928, 2009                                                   

M. Trick, Y. Long, J. Meng and I. Bancroft
SNP discovery in the polyploid Brassica napus using Solexa transcriptome sequencing
Plant Biotechnology J. 7:334-346, 2009                                            

M. Trick, F. Cheung, N. Drou, F. Fraser, E.K. Lobenhofer, P. Hurban, A. Magusin, C.D. Town and I. Bancroft
A newly-developed community microarray resource for transcriptome profiling in Brassica species enables the confirmation of Brassica-specific expressed sequences
BMC Plant Biology 9:50, 2009                                                          

M. Trick, S.-J. Kwon, S.R. Choi, F. Fraser, E. Soumpourou, N. Drou,  Z. Wang, S.Y. Lee, T-J Yang, J-H Mun, A.H. Paterson, C.D. Town, J.C. Pires, Y.P. Lim, B.-S. Park and I. Bancroft
Complexity of genome evolution by segmental rearrangement in Brassica rapa revealed by sequence-level analysis
BMC Genomics 10:539, 2009

Mun JH, Kwon SJ, Yang TJ, Seol YJ, Jin M, Kim JA, Lim MH, Kim JS, Baek S, Choi BS, Yu HJ, Kim DS, Kim N, Lim KB, Lee SI, Hahn JH, Lim YP, Bancroft I, Park BS
Genome-wide comparative analysis of the Brassica rapa gene space reveals genome shrinkage and differential loss of duplicated genes after whole genome triplication
Genome Biology 10:R111, 2009                                                       

J. Shi, R. Li, D. Qiu, C. Jiang, Y. Long, C. Morgan, I. Bancroft, J. Zhao and J. Meng
Unraveling the complex trait of crop yield with quantitative trait loci mapping in Brassica napus
Genetics 182:851-861, 2009                                                             

H. Kim, S.R. Choi, J. Bae, C.P. Hong, S.Y. Lee, J. Hossain, D. Van Nguyen, M. Jin, B.-S. Park, J.-W. Bang, I. Bancroft and Y.P. Lim
Sequenced BAC anchored reference genetic map that reconciles the ten individual chromosomes of Brassica rapa
BMC Genomics 10:432, 2009                                                           

C. O'Neill, C. Morgan, J. Kirby, H. Tschoep, P. Deng, M. Brennan, U. Rosas, F. Fraser, C. Hall, S. Gill and I. Bancroft
Six new recombinant inbred populations for the study of quantitative traits in Arabidopsis thaliana
Theoretical and Applied Genetics 116:623-634, 2008

Keita Suwabe, Colin Morgan and Ian Bancroft
Integration of Brassica A genome genetic linkage map between Brassica napus and B. rapa.
Genome 51:169-176, 2008

D. Stokes, C. Morgan, C.M. O’Neill and I. Bancroft
Evaluating the utility of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for understanding heterosis in hybrid crops.
Euphitica 156:157-171, 2007

Ki-Byung Lim, Tae-Jin Yang, Yoon-Jeong Hwang, JungSun Kim, Jee-Young Park, Soo-Jin Kwon, Jin-A Kim, Beom-Soon Choi, Myung-Ho Lim, Mina Jin, Ho-Il Kim, Hans de Jong, Ian Bancroft, YongPyo Lim, Beom-Seok Park
Characterization of the centromere and pericentromere retrotransposons in Brassica rapa and their distribution in related Brassica species
Plant Journal, 49:173-183, 2007

Chang Pyo Hong, Prikshit Plaha, Dal-Hoe Koo, Tae-Jin Yang, Su Ryun Choi, Young Ki Lee, Taesik Uhm, Jae-Wook Bang, David Edwards, Ian Bancroft, Beom-Seok Park, Jungho Lee, and Yong Pyo Lim
A Survey of the Brassica rapa Genome through BAC-End Sequence Analysis, and Comparative Analysis with Arabidopsis thaliana
Molecules and Cells, 22:300-307, 2006

D. Qiu, C. Morgan, J. Shi, Y. Long, J. Liu, R. Li, X. Zhuang, Y. Wang, X. Tan, E. Dietrich, T. Weihmann, C. Everett, S. Vanstraelen, P. Beckett, F. Fraser, M. Trick, S. Barnes,  J. Wilmer, R. Schmidt, J. Li, D. Li, J. Meng, and I. Bancroft
A comparative linkage map of oilseed rape and its use for QTL analysis of seed oil and erucic acid content
Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 114:67-80, 2006

C.D. Town, F. Cheung, R. Maiti, J. Crabtree, B.J. Haas, J.R. Wortman, E.E. Hine, R. Althoff, T.S. Arbogast, L.J. Tallon, M. Vigouroux, M. Trick and I. Bancroft
Comparative genomics of Brassica oleracea and Arabidopsis thaliana reveals gene loss, fragmentation and dispersal following polyploidy. 
Plant Cell, 18:1348-1359, 2006

T-J Yang, JS Kim, S-J Kwon, K-B Lim, B-S Choi, J-A Kim, M Jin, JY Park, M-H Lim, H-I Kim, M-C Lee, YP Lim, JJ Kang, J-H Hong, C-B Kim, J Bhak, I. Bancroft, and Beom-Seok Park Sequence-level analysis of the diploidization process in the triplicated FLC region of Brassica rapa.
Plant Cell, 18:1339-1347, 2006

I. Bancroft
The Multinational Brassica Genome Project
Acta Horticulturae 706:65 – 66, 2006

I. Bancroft, S. Barnes, J. Li, Jinling Meng, D. Qiou, R. Schmidt, M. Trick and J. Wilmer Establishment of an Integrated Marker System for Oilseed Rape Breeding (IMSORB).
Acta Horticulturae 706:195 – 202, 2006

J-Y Park, D-H Koo, C-P Hong, S-J Lee, J-W Jeon, S-H Lee, P-Y Yun, B-S Park, H-R Kim, J-W Bang, P Plaha, I Bancroft and Y-P Lim
Physical Mapping and Microsynteny of Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis Genome Corresponding to a 222 kb Gene-Rich Region of Arabidopsis Chromosome 4 Duplicated on Chromosome 5
Molecular Genetics and Genomics 274:579-588, 2005

International Rice Genome Sequencing Initiative
The map-based sequence of the rice genome
Nature 436:793-800, 2005

P. Beckett, I. Bancroft and M. Trick
Computational tools for Brassica-Arabidopsis comparative genomics.
Comparative and Functional Genomics 6:147-152, 2005

D Rana, T van den Boogaart, E Bent, C M. O’Neill, L Hynes, L Macpherson, J-Y Park, Y-P Lim and I Bancroft
Conservation of the microstructure of genome segments in Brassica napus and its diploid relatives.
Plant J. 40:725-733, 2004

Xiao S., Emerson B., Ratanasut K., Patrick E., O'Neill C., Bancroft I., Turner J. G.
Origin and maintenance of a broad-spectrum disease resistance locus in Arabidopsis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21:1661-1672, 2004

Morgan, C., Bavage, A., Arthur, Bancroft, I, Bruce, D., Child, R. and Summers, J.
Using novel variation in Brassica species to reduce agricultural inputs and improve agronomy of oilseed rape - a case study in pod shatter resistance.
Plant Genetic Resources 1:59-65, 2003 

G. Murtas, P.H. Reeves, Y.-F. Fu, I. Bancroft, C. Dean and G. Coupland
SUMO regulates flowering time in Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell 15:2308-19, 2003

C.M. O’Neill, S. Gill, D. Hobbs, C. Morgan and I. Bancroft
Natural variation for seed lipid traits in Arabidopsis thaliana
Phytochemistry 64:1077-1090, 2003

Mark L. Crowe, Debashis Rana, Fiona Fraser, Ian Bancroft and Martin Trick
BACFinder – genomic localisation of large insert genomic clones based on restriction fingerprinting.
Nucleic Acids Research 30:e118, 2002

Mingsheng Chen, et al.
An integrated physical and genetic map of the rice genome
Plant Cell. 14:537-545, 2002

Font, R., Del Rio, M., Fernandez, J., Arthur, E., Bancroft, I., Chinoy, C. Morgan and C., De Haro A. Using near infrared spectroscopy for determining protein content in Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun). In: Cruciferae newsletter Ed INRA Rennes EUCARPIA 24:p7-8, 2002

Font, R., Del Rio, M., Sillero, A., Arthur, E., Bancroft, I., Chinoy, C. Morgan, C. and De Haro, A Seed oil content analysis of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun) by near Infrared spectroscopy. In: Cruciferae newsletter Ed INRA Rennes EUCARPIA 24:p5-6, 2002

K. Mayer, G. Murphy, R. Tarchini, R.Wambutt,  G. Volckaert, T. Pohl, A. Düsterhöft, W. Stiekema, K.-D. Entian, N. Terryn, K. Lemcke, D. Haase, C. R. Hall, A.-M. van Dodeweerd, S.V. Tingey, H. W. Mewes, M. W. Bevan and I. Bancroft
Conservation of microstructure between a sequenced region of the genome of rice and multiple segments of the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Genome Research.  11:1167-1174, 2001

The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative                                                                
Analysis of the genome of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
Nature.  408:796-815, 2000

S. Tabata et al            
Sequence and analysis of chromosome 5 of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Nature.  408:823-826, 2000

C. O’Neill and I. Bancroft
Comparative physical mapping of segments of the genome of Brassica oleracea var alboglabra that are homoeologous to sequenced regions of the chromosomes 4 and 5 of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant Journal 23:233-243, 2000

The EU Arabidopsis Genome Sequencing Consortium and The Cold Spring Harbor, Washington University in St Louis and PE Biosystems Arabidopsis Sequencing Consortium
Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Nature 402:769-777, 1999

A.-M. van Dodeweerd, C.R. Hall, E.G. Bent, S.J. Johnson, M.W. Bevan and I. Bancroft
Identification and analysis of homoeologous segments of the genomes of rice and Arabidopsis thaliana
Genome. 42:887-892, 1999

M. Bevan, I. Bancroft, E. Bent, K. Love, H. Goodman, C. Dean, [54 members and group leaders of sequencing laboratories], H.-W. Mewes, S. Klosterman, C. Scheuller and N. Chalwatzis
Analysis of 1.9 Mb of contiguous sequence from chromosome 4 of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Nature 391:485-488, 1998

E. Bent, S. Johnson and I. Bancroft
BAC representation of two low copy regions of the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana
The Plant Journal 13:849-855, 1998

Publications: books, chapters and reviews

R. Schmidt, I. Bancroft (Eds.)
Genetics and Genomics of the Brassicaceae,
Series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, volume 9
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7118-0, 2011 

Renate Schmidt and Ian Bancroft
Perspectives on Genetics and Genomics of the Brassicaceae
In R. Schmidt, I. Bancroft (Eds.)
Genetics and Genomics of the Brassicaceae,
Series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, 9:617-632, 2011

Chris Town, Renate Schmidt and Ian Bancroft
Comparative Genome Analysis at the Sequence Level in the Brassicaceae
In R. Schmidt, I. Bancroft (Eds.)
Genetics and Genomics of the Brassicaceae,
Series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, 9:171-194, 2011

Ian Bancroft
Evolution of plant genome microstructure
In: Encyclopaedia of Plant and Crop Science (Ed: Goodman R. M.) New York, Decker. 421-424, 2004

Ian Bancroft
Insights into cereal genomes from two draft genome sequences of rice
Genome Biology 3:1015.1-1015.3, 2002

Beale, M.; Dupree, P.; Lilley, K.; Beynon, J.; Trick, M.; Clarke, J.; Bevan, M.; Bancroft, I.; Jones, J.; May, S.
GARNet, the Genomic Arabidopsis Resource Network
Trends in Plant Science 7:145-147, 2002

P. Muskett, I. Bancroft and C. Dean
Arabidopsis YAC, BAC and cosmid libraries.
Molecular Plant Biology volume one: A practical approach.  Ed. P.M. Gilmartin, C. Bowler. Oxford University Press. pp137-158, 2002

I. Bancroft
Duplicate and Diverge: the Evolution of Plant Genome Microstructure
Trends in Genetics 17:89-93, 2001

I. Bancroft
Insights into the structural and functional evolution of plant genomes afforded by the nucleotide sequences of chromosomes 2 and 4 of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Comparative and Functional Genomics.  Yeast 1:1-5, 2000

I. Bancroft
Physical mapping: YACs, BACs, cosmids and nucleotide sequences.
In Arabidopsis: A practical Approach. Ed. Z. A. Wilson, Oxford University Press, UK, 2000