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Dinushika Thambugala
Researcher at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Publications - 9
Citations - 561
Dinushika Thambugala is an academic researcher from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fatty acid desaturase & Gene. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 9 publications receiving 243 citations. Previous affiliations of Dinushika Thambugala include University of Manitoba.
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Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding.
Sean Walkowiak,Sean Walkowiak,Liangliang Gao,Cécile Monat,Georg Haberer,Mulualem T. Kassa,Jemima Brinton,Ricardo H. Ramirez-Gonzalez,Markus C. Kolodziej,Emily Delorean,Dinushika Thambugala,Valentyna Klymiuk,Brook Byrns,Heidrun Gundlach,Venkat Bandi,Jorge Nunez Siri,Kirby T. Nilsen,Catharine Aquino,Axel Himmelbach,Dario Copetti,Dario Copetti,Tomohiro Ban,Luca Venturini,Michael W. Bevan,Bernardo J. Clavijo,Dal-Hoe Koo,Jennifer Ens,Krystalee Wiebe,Amidou N’Diaye,Allen K. Fritz,Carl Gutwin,Anne Fiebig,Christine Fosker,Bin Xiao Fu,Gonzalo Garcia Accinelli,Keith A. Gardner,Nick Fradgley,Juan J. Gutierrez-Gonzalez,Gwyneth Halstead-Nussloch,Masaomi Hatakeyama,Chu Shin Koh,Jasline Deek,Alejandro C. Costamagna,Pierre R. Fobert,Darren Heavens,Hiroyuki Kanamori,Kanako Kawaura,Fuminori Kobayashi,Ksenia V. Krasileva,Tony Kuo,Tony Kuo,Neil McKenzie,Kazuki Murata,Yusuke Nabeka,Timothy Paape,Sudharsan Padmarasu,Lawrence Percival-Alwyn,Sateesh Kagale,Uwe Scholz,Jun Sese,Philomin Juliana,Ravi P. Singh,Rie Shimizu-Inatsugi,David Swarbreck,James Cockram,Hikmet Budak,Toshiaki Tameshige,Tsuyoshi Tanaka,Hiroyuki Tsuji,Jonathan M. Wright,Jianzhong Wu,Burkhard Steuernagel,Ian Small,Sylvie Cloutier,Gabriel Keeble-Gagnère,Gary J. Muehlbauer,Josquin Tibbets,Shuhei Nasuda,Joanna Melonek,Pierre Hucl,Andrew G. Sharpe,Matthew D. Clark,Erik Legg,Arvind K. Bharti,Peter Langridge,Anthony Hall,Cristobal Uauy,Martin Mascher,Simon G. Krattinger,Simon G. Krattinger,Hirokazu Handa,Kentaro Shimizu,Kentaro Shimizu,Assaf Distelfeld,Kenneth J. Chalmers,Beat Keller,Klaus F. X. Mayer,Jesse Poland,Nils Stein,Nils Stein,Curt A. McCartney,Manuel Spannagl,Thomas Wicker,Curtis J. Pozniak +103 more
TL;DR: Comparative analysis of multiple genome assemblies from wheat reveals extensive diversity that results from the complex breeding history of wheat and provides a basis for further potential improvements to this important food crop.
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Genetic variation of six desaturase genes in flax and their impact on fatty acid composition
Dinushika Thambugala,Scott Duguid,Evelyn Loewen,Gordon Rowland,Helen M. Booker,Frank M. You,Sylvie Cloutier,Sylvie Cloutier +7 more
TL;DR: The novel allelic variants and isoforms identified for the six desaturases will be a resource for the development of oilseed flax with unique and useful fatty acid profiles.
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Functional Characterization of Flax Fatty Acid Desaturase FAD2 and FAD3 Isoforms Expressed in Yeast Reveals a Broad Diversity in Activity
Natasa Radovanovic,Dinushika Thambugala,Scott Duguid,Evelyn Loewen,Sylvie Cloutier,Sylvie Cloutier +5 more
TL;DR: All Fad2 isoforms were active, but significant differences existed between isoforms of both FAD2 enzymes, and some nonfunctional enzymes resulted from the presence of nonsense mutations causing premature stop codons, but FAD3B-C and FAD 3B-F seem to be associated with single amino acid changes.
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Statistical analysis and field evaluation of the type 2 modified augmented design (MAD) in phenotyping of flax (Linum usitatissimum) germplasms in multiple environments
TL;DR: A joint analysis of 120 flax genotypes over four environments showed that seed yield was significantly affected by environments and had significant interaction of genotype environment, whereas oil and linolenic acid content were relatively stable traits.
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Fatty acid composition and desaturase gene expression in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)
TL;DR: There were no correlations between FA desaturase gene expression and variations in FA composition in relatively low, intermediate and high linolenic acid genotypes expressing identical isoforms for all six desaturases, providing further clues towards understanding the genetic factors responsible forFA composition in flax.