Neelima R. Sinha
Professor
nrsinha@ucdavis.edu
Plant Biology
Office
2224 Life Sciences
(530) 754 8441
Lab
(530) 752-8692
1990
PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Botany
1985
MS
Baylor University
Environmental Studies
Genetic and molecular analysis of compound leaf development in tomato. Genetic and molecular analysis of epidermal differentiation in corn. Evolution and expression of homeobox genes.
Katherine Esau Junior Faculty Fellow
Chancellor's award for excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship
Elected Fellow of the AAAS
American Society of Plant Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Genetics
Plant Biology
Last updated 10/9/2009
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Kessler S, Seiki S, and N Sinha. 2002. Xcl1 causes delayed oblique periclinal cell divisions in developing maize leaves, leading to cellular differentiation by lineage instead of position. Development. 129:1859-1869
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Bharathan, G., Goliber, T., Moore, C., Kessler, S., Pham, T., Sinha, N. (2002) Homologies in leaf form inferred from KNOX1 gene expression during development. Science 296(5574):1858-1860
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Kim, M., Canio, W., Kessler, S., Sinha, N.. 2001. Developmental changes due to long-distance movement of a homeobox fusion transcript in tomatoe. Science. 293:287-289
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Kimura, S., Koenig, D., Kang, J., Yoong, F-Y., Sinha, N. (2008) Natural variation in leaf morphology results from mutation of a novel knox gene. Current Biology 18:672-677
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Koenig, D., Bayer, E., Kang, J., Kuhlemeier, C., and Neelima Sinha (2009). Auxin patterns Solanum lycopersicum leaf morphogenesis. Development 136:2997-06
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David-Schwartz, R., Koenig, D. and Neelima Sinha (2009). LYRATE is a key regulator of leaflet initiation and lamina outgrowth in tomato. Plant Cell (Advance online publication)
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Garces, HMP., Champagne, CEM., Townsley, BT., Park, S., Malho, R., Pedroso, MC., Harada, JJ., and Sinha, Neelima. (2007) Evolution of asexual reproduction in leaves of the genus Kalanchoe. PNAS 104: 15578-15583.
Genetic regulation of plant growth and development. Plant molecular biology. Introductory plant biology.
PBI
220
Plant Development
PB!
227
Plant Molecular Biology
BIS
2C
Introductory Biology