Education
M.S., Department of Life Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2010
Current position
Ph.D. student, Department of Life Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Publications
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Yaakov B. and Kashkush K. (2013) High resolution detection of genetic changes associated with transposons. Bio-protocol.org, 3(11): http://www.bio-protocol.org/wenzhang.aspx?id=788.
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Yaakov B. and Kashkush K. (2013) Detection of DNA methylation changes surrounding transposable elements. Bio-protocol.org, 3(11): http://www.bio-protocol.org/wenzhang.aspx?id=784.
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Yaakov B.1, Meyer K.1, Ben-David S. and Kashkush K. (2013) Substantial copy number variation of transposable elements in Triticum-Aegilops genus revealed evolutionary and revolutionary changes following allopolyploidization. Plant Cell Reports, submitted.
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Ben-David S.1, Yaakov B.1 and Kashkush K. (2013) Genome-wide analysis of short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) revealed high sequence conservation, gene association and transpositional activity in wheat. The Plant Journal, submitted.
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Yaakov, B.1, Ben-David, S.1 and Kashkush, K. (2013). Genome-wide analysis of Stowaway-like MITEs in wheat reveals high sequence conservation, gene association, and genomic diversification. Plant Physiol 161(1): 486-496.
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Yaakov, B. and Kashkush, K. (2012). Mobilization of Stowaway-like MITEs in newly formed allohexaploid wheat species. Plant Mol Biol 80(4-5): 419-427.
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Yaakov B., Ceylan E., Domb K. and Kashkush K. (2012). MITEs provide new insights into the wheat phylogeny. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 124: 1365-1373.
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Yaakov, B. and Kashkush, K. (2011). Methylation, transcription, and rearrangements of transposable elements in synthetic allopolyploids. Int J Plant Genomics 2011: 569826.
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Yaakov, B. and Kashkush, K. (2011). Massive alterations of the methylation patterns around DNA transposons in the first four generations of a newly formed wheat allohexaploid. Genome 54(1): 42-49.
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Khasdan, V.1, Yaakov, B.1, Kraitshtein, Z. and Kashkush, K. (2010). Developmental timing of DNA elimination following allopolyploidization in wheat. Genetics 185(1): 387-390.
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Kraitshtein, Z., Yaakov, B., Khasdan, V. and Kashkush, K. (2010). Genetic and epigenetic dynamics of a retrotransposon after allopolyploidization of wheat. Genetics 186(3): 801-812.
1These authors have contributed equally to this work.