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

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
   
5. 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.
   
6. 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.    
   
7. 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.
   
8. Yaakov, B. and Kashkush, K. (2011). Methylation, transcription, and rearrangements of transposable elements in synthetic allopolyploids. Int J Plant Genomics 2011: 569826.    
   
9. 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.   
   
10. 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.    
    
11. 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.