Publications
Preprints
Sielemann K., Schmidt N., Guzik J., Kalina N., Pucker B., Viehöver P., Breitenbach S., Weisshaar B., Heitkam T. and Holtgräwe D. (2023): "Pangenome of cultivated beet and crop wild relatives reveals parental relationships of a tetraploid wild beet", bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.06.28.546919.
2025
S. Ishiguro, S. Taniguchi, N. Schmidt, M. Jost, S. Wanke, T. Heitkam, N. Ohmido (2025): "Repeatome landscapes and cytogenetics of hortensias provide a framework to trace Hydrangea evolution and domestication", Annals of Botany, doi: 10.1093/aob/mcae184.
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2024.06.05.597687.
A. El-nagish, S. Liedtke, S. Breitenbach and T. Heitkam (2025): "Preparing high-quality chromosome spreads from Crocus species for karyotyping and FISH", Molecular Cytogenetics, doi: 10.1186/s13039-025-00706-7
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2024.11.18.624136.
2024
N. Schmidt, S. Maiwald, L. Mann, B. Weber, K. M. Seibt, S. Breitenbach, S. Liedtke, G. Menzel, B. Weisshaar, D. Holtgräwe, T. Heitkam (2024): “BeetRepeats: reference sequences for genome and polymorphism annotation in sugar beet and wild relatives”, BMC Research Notes, doi: 10.1186/s13104-024-06993-4.
The database of beet repeat sequences can be already accessed via Zenodo: 10.5281/zenodo.8255813.
N.-A. Ankrah, A. El-nagish, S. Breitenbach, A. Tetteh, T. Heitkam (2024): “Comparative cytogenetics of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) breeding lines reveals chromosomal instability and variability”, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, doi: 10.1007/s10722-024-02176-z
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.11.18.567672.
S. Garcia, A. Kovarik, S. Maiwald, L. Mann, N. Schmidt, J. P. Pascual-Diaz, D. Vitales, B. Weber, T. Heitkam (2024): "The Dynamic Interplay between Ribosomal DNA and Transposable Elements: A Perspective from Genomics and Cytogenetics", Molecular Biology and Evolution 41(3), doi: 10.1093/molbev/msae025.
Maiwald S., Mann L., Garcia S., Heitkam T. (2024): "Evolving together: Cassandra retrotransposons gradually mirror promoter mutations of the 5S rRNA genes", Molecular Biology and Evolution 41(2), doi: 10.1093/molbev/msae010.
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.07.14.548913.
L. Mann, K. Balasch, N. Schmidt, T. Heitkam (2024): "High-fidelity (repeat) consensus sequences from short reads using combined read clustering and assembly", BMC Genomics 25(109), doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09948-4.
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.10.26.564123.
N. Schmidt, K. Sielemann, S. Breitenbach, J. Fuchs, B. Pucker, B. Weisshaar, D. Holtgräwe, T. Heitkam (2024): "Repeat turnover meets stable chromosomes: repetitive DNA sequences mark speciation and gene pool boundaries in sugar beet and wild beets", The Plant Journal 118, 117-190, doi: 10.1111/tpj.16599.
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.09.01.555723.
2023
Mann L. and Heitkam T. (2023): "Die Rückkehr der Ringe: Sequenzierung extra-chromosomaler zirkulärer DNA", Biospektrum 23(5), doi: 10.1007/s12268-023-1981-0. read article
Heitkam T. and Garcia S. (eds.) (2023): “Plant Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics”, volume 2672 of the “Methods in Molecular Biology” series, J. Walker (series ed.), Humana New York, US, ISBN: 978-1-0716-3225-3. read book
N. Schmidt, B. Weber, J. Klekar, S. Liedtke, S. Breitenbach, and T. Heitkam (2023): “Preparation of mitotic chromosomes using the dropping technique”, chapter in Methods in Molecular Biology 2672: Plant Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics, T. Heitkam and S. Garcia (eds.); J. Walker (series ed.), Humana New York, US, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3226-0_8 read chapter
L. Mann and S. Maiwald (2023): “Visualization of Oligonucleotide-Based Probes Along Pseudochromosomes Using RIdeogram, KaryoploteR, and Circlize (Circos)”, chapter in Methods in Molecular Biology 2672: Plant Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics, T. Heitkam and S. Garcia (eds.); J. Walker (series ed.), Humana New York, US, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3226-0_26 read chapter
Hartig N., Seibt K. M., Heitkam T. (2023): “How to start a LINE: 5’ switching rejuvenates LINE retrotransposons in tobacco and related Nicotiana species”, The Plant Journal. read article
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2022.11.04.512097.
Tomlekova N., Aziz S., Nacheva E., Weber B., Raina A., Seibt K.M. (2023): "SINE Markers as a Powerful Tool for Assessing Genetic Diversity to Improve Potato", chapter in Advanced Crop Improvement, Volume 2, Raina, A., Wani, M.R., Laskar, R.A., Tomlekova, N., Khan, S. (eds). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26669-0_2
Tomlekova, N., Spasova-Apostolova, V., Panayotov, N., Panchev, I., Sarsu, F., Wani, M. R., Seibt, K.M. (2023): "Applicability of ISAP and RAPD Techniques for Capsicum Collection Genotyping", chapter in Advanced Crop Improvement, Volume 2, Raina, A., Wani, M.R., Laskar, R.A., Tomlekova, N., Khan, S. (eds). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26669-0_3
2022
Liedtke S., Breitenbach S., Heitkam T. (2022): “FISH – in plant chromosomes”, chapter in Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics, T. Liehr (ed.), Taylor and Francis, doi: 10.1201/9781003223658-28. read chapter
Schulte L., Meucci S., Stoof-Leichsenring K., Heitkam T., Schmidt N., von Hippel B., Diekmann B., Biskaborn B. K., Wagner B., Melles M., Pestryakova L. A., Krutovsky K. V., Herzschuh U. (2022): “Dynamics of larch species ranges in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA”, Communications Biology 5 (570), doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03455-0. read article
Kazemi-Shahandashti S.-S., Mann L., El-nagish A., Harpke D., Nemati Z., Usadel B., Heitkam T. (2022): “Ancient artworks and crocus genetics both support saffron’s origin in early Greece”, Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.834416. read article
Sielemann K., Pucker B., Schmidt N., Viehöver P., Weisshaar B., Heitkam T., Holtgräwe D. (2022): “Complete pan-plastome sequences enable high resolution phylogenetic classification of sugar beet and closely related crop wild relatives”, BMC Genomics 23 (113), doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08336-8. read article
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2021.10.08.463637
Mann L., Seibt K. M., Weber B., Heitkam T. (2022): “ECCsplorer: a pipeline to detect extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) from next-generation sequencing data”, BMC Bioinformatics 23 (40), doi: 10.1186/s12859-021-04545-2. read article
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2021.06.08.447410
Sultana N., Menzel G., Seibt K. M., Garcia S., Weber B., Serçe S., and Heitkam T. (2022): „Genome-wide analysis of long terminal repeat retrotransposons from the cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon“, Journal of Berry Research 12 (2), doi: 10.3233/JBR-211515. read article
Read the corresponding open access preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2021.07.15.452536
2021
Heitkam T. and Garcia S. (2021): “Can we have it all? Repurposing target-capture for repeat genomics. A commentary on: Aiming off the target: recycling target-capture sequencing reads for investigating repetitive DNA”, invited commentary for Annals of Botany, doi: 10.1093/aob/mcab080.
The TE Hub Consortium, Elliott T., Heitkam T., Hubley R., Quesneville H., Suh A., Wheeler T. (2021): “TE Hub: a community-oriented space for sharing and connecting tools, data, resources, and methods for transposable element annotation”, Mobile DNA, doi: 10.1186/s13100-021-00244-0. read article
Heitkam T., Schulte L., Weber B., Liedtke S., Breitenbach S., Kögler A., Morgenstern K., Brückner M., Tröber U., Wolf H., Krabel D., and Schmidt T. (2021): “Comparative repeat profiling of two closely related conifers (Larix decidua and Larix kaempferi) reveals high genome similarity with only few fast-evolving satellite DNAs”. Frontiers in Genetics, doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.683668. read article
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2021.03.21.436054
Reiche B., Kögler A., Morgenstern K., Brückner M., Weber B., Heitkam T., Seibt K. M., Tröber U., Meyer M., Wolf H., Schmidt T., and Krabel D. (2021): Application of retrotransposon-based Inter-SINE Amplified Polymorphism (ISAP) markers for the differentiation of common poplar genotypes, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2020-0209. read article
Schmidt N., Seibt K. M., Weber B., Schwarzacher T., Schmidt T., and Heitkam T. (2021): Broken, silent, and in hiding: Tamed endogenous pararetroviruses escape elimination from the genome of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Annals of Botany doi: 10.1093/aob/mcab042. read article (free access link)
Read the corresponding preprint: bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2020.12.02.407783
Maiwald S., Weber B., Seibt K. M., Schmidt T., and Heitkam T. (2021): The Cassandra retrotransposon landscape in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and the Amaranthaceae: Recombination and re-shuffling lead to a high structural variability. Annals of Botany 127(1): 91-109. read article (free access link)
2020
Sultana N., Menzel G., Heitkam T., Kojima K. K., Bao W., Serçe S. (2020): Bioinformatic and molecular analysis of satellite repeat diversity in Vaccinium genomes. Genes 11(5): 527. read article
Reiche B., Kögler A., Morgenstern K., Brückner M., Weber B., Heitkam T., Seibt K. M., Tröber U., Meyer M., Wolf H., Schmidt T., Krabel D. (2020): Anwendung des SINE-basierten Markersystems ISAP zur Identifizierung von Pappelklonen. In: Liesebach M (ed) Thünen Report 76: Forstpflanzenzüchtung für die Praxis. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig: 144-154. read article
Kögler A., Seibt K. M., Heitkam T., Morgenstern K., Reiche B., Brückner M., Wolf H., Krabel D. and Schmidt T. (2020): Divergence of 3’ ends as driver of Short Interspersed Nuclear Element (SINE) evolution in the Salicaceae. The Plant Journal 103(1): 443-458. read article
Heitkam T., Weber B., Walter I., Liedtke S., Ost C. and Schmidt T. (2020): Satellite DNA landscapes after allotetraploidisation of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) reveal unique A and B subgenomes. The Plant Journal 103(1): 32-52. read article
Read the corresponding preprint (open access): bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/774828
Seibt K. M., Schmidt T. and Heitkam T. (2020): The conserved 3’ Angio-domain defines a superfamily of short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) in higher plants. The Plant Journal 101:681-699. read article
2019
Heitkam T. (2019): Balancing retrospection and visions: The Cytogenetics group of the Society of Plant Breeding (GPZ) came together in Dresden. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 159:163-168 read article
Rodríguez del Río Á., Minoche A., Zwickl N., Friedrich A., Liedtke S., Schmidt T., Himmelbauer H. and Dohm J. (2019): Genomes of the wild beets Beta patula and Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. The Plant Journal 99:1242-1253 read article
Schmidt T., Heitkam T., Liedtke S., Schubert V. and Menzel G. (2019): Adding color to a century-old enigma: Multi-color chromosome identification unravels the autotriploid nature of saffron (Crocus sativus) as a hybrid of wild Crocus cartwrightianus cytotypes. New Phytologist 222:1965-1980 read article
2018
Seibt K. M., Schmidt T. and Heitkam T. (2018): FlexiDot: Highly customizable, ambiguity-aware dotplots for visual sequence analyses. Bioinformatics 34:3575–3577 read article (this link grants pdf access) FlexiDot software, documentation and examples
2017
Kögler A., Schmidt T. and Wenke T. (2017): Evolutionary modes of Short Interspersed Nuclear Element (SINE) family emergence in grasses. The Plant Journal 92:676–695 read article
Sultana N., Serçe S., Menzel G., Heitkam T. and Schmidt T. (2017): Comparative analysis of repetitive sequences reveals genome differences between two common cultivated Vaccinium species (V. corymbosum and V. macrocarpon). Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 1:07-15 read article
Zakrzewski F. and Schmidt, T. (2017): Epigenetic Characterization of Satellite DNA in Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris). In: Rajewsky N., Jurga S., Barciszewski J. (eds) Plant Epigenetics. RNA Technologies. SpringerBook read article
Zakrzewski F., Schmidt M., Van Lijsebettens M. and Schmidt T. (2017): DNA methylation of retrotransposons, DNA transposons and genes in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). The Plant Journal 92:676-695 read article
Tomlekova N., Spasova-Apostolova V., Nacheva E.,Stoyanova M., Teneva A., Petrov N., Seibt K. and Schmidt T. (2017): Genotyping of Bulgarian potato varieties by SINE-based ISAP markers. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie Bulgare des Sciences 70:53-62 read article
Diekmann K., Seibt K. M., Muders K., Wenke T., Junghans H., Schmidt T. and Dehmer K. J. (2017): Diversity studies in genetic resources of Solanum spp. (section Petota) by comparative application of ISAP markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 64:1937–1953 read article
2016
Dechyeva, D. and Schmidt, T. (2016): Fluorescent in situ hybridization on extended chromatin fibers for high-resolution analysis of plant chromosomes. Methods in Molecular Biology, Plant Cytogenetics 1429:23-33 read article
Kowar, T., Zakrzewski, F., Macas, J., Koblizkova, A., Viehöver, P., Weisshaar, B. and Schmidt, T. (2016): Repeat composition of CenH3- chromatin and H3K9me2-marked heterochromatin in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). BMC Plant Biology 16:120 read article
Seibt K. M., Wenke T., Muders K., Truberg B., Schmidt T. (2016): Short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) are abundant in Solanaceae and have a family-specific impact on gene structure and genome organization. The Plant Journal 86:268-285 read article
Schwichtenberg K., Wenke T., Zakrzewski F., Seibt K. M., Minoche A. E., Dohm J. C., Weisshaar B., Himmelbauer H. and Schmidt T. (2016): Diversification, evolution and methylation of Short Interspersed Nuclear Element families in sugar beet and related Amaranthaceae species. The Plant Journal 85:229-244 read article
2015
Heitkam T., Petrasch S., Zakrzewski F., Kögler A., Wenke T., Wanke S. and Schmidt T. (2015): Next-generation sequencing reveals differentially amplified tandem repeats as a major genome component of Northern Europe's oldest Camellia japonica. Chromosome Research 23:791-806 read article
Wenke T., Seibt K. M., Döbel T., Muders K. and Schmidt T. (2015): Inter-SINE Amplified Polymorphism (ISAP) for rapid and robust plant genotyping. In: Volume of Plant Genotyping of the series "Methods in Molecular Biology"; Humana Press, USA (Springer publishing group), 1245:183-192 read article
2014
Menzel G., Heitkam T., Seibt K. M., Nouroz F., Müller-Stoermer M., Heslop-Harrison J. S., Schmidt T. (2014): The diversification and activity of hAT transposons in Musa genomes. Chromosome Research 22:559-571 read article
Gilly A., Etcheverry M., Madoui M.-A., Guy J., Quadrana L., Alberti A., Martin A., Heitkam T., Engelen S., Labadie K., Le Pen J., Wincker P., Colot V., and Aury J.-M. (2014): TE-Tracker: systematic identification of transposition events through whole-genome resequencing. BMC Bioinformatics 15:377 read article
Schmidt M., Hense S., Minoche, A.E., Dohm, J.C., Himmelbauer, H., Schmidt T. and Zakrzewski F. (2014): Cytosine methylation of an ancient satellite family in the wild beet Beta procumbens. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 143:157-167 read article
Heitkam T, Holtgräwe D, Dohm JC, Minoche AE, Himmelbauer H, Weisshaar B and Schmidt T (2014): Profiling of extensively diversified plant LINEs reveals distinct plant-specific subclades. The Plant Journal, 79:385-397 read article
Zakrzewski, F., Schubert, V., Viehöver, P., Minoche, A.E., Dohm, J.C., Himmelbauer, H., Weisshaar, B. and Schmidt, T. (2014): The CHH motif in sugar beet satellite DNA: a modulator for cytosine methylation. The Plant Journal 78:937-950 read article
Dohm JC, Minoche AE, Holtgräwe D, Capella-Gutiérrez S, Zakrzewski F, Tafer H, Rupp O, Sörensen TR, Stracke R, Reinhardt R, Goesmann A, Kraft T, Schulz B, Stadler PF, Schmidt T, Gabaldón T, Lehrach H, Weisshaar B, Himmelbauer H. (2014) : The genome of the recently domesticated crop plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Nature 505:546–549 read article
2013
Begum, R., Zakrzewski, F., Menzel, G., Weber B., Alam, S.S. and Schmidt, T. (2013): Comparative molecular cytogenetic analyses of a major tandemly repeated DNA family and retrotransposon sequences in cultivated jute Corchorus species (Malvaceae). Annals of Botany 112:123-134 read article
Weber B., Heitkam T., Holtgräwe D., Weishaar B., Minoche A.E., Himmelbauer H., Dohm J.C., Schmidt T. (2013): Highly diverse chromoviruses of Beta vulgaris are classified by chromodomains and chromosomal integration. Mobile DNA 4:8 read article
Zakrzewski F, Weber B, Schmidt T. (2013): A molecular cytogenetic analysis of the structure, evolution and epigenetic modifications of major DNA sequences in centromeres of Beta species. In: Jiang J, Bircher JA, editors. Plant centromere biology. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2013. p. 39-56 read book chapter
2012
Schmidt, T. (2012) Book Review on: Plant Cytogenetics – Genome Structure and Chromosome Function, H.W. Bass, J.A. Birchler (Eds.). Journal of Plant Physiology doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.05.011
Heslop-Harrison JS. (Pat), Schmidt T. (2012): Plant Nuclear Genome Composition. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a00002014.pup2
Wollrab C., Heitkam T., Holtgräwe D., Weisshaar B., Minoche A.E., Dohm J.C., Himmelbauer H., Schmidt T. (2012): Evolutionary reshuffling in the Errantivirus lineage Elbe within the Beta vulgaris genome. Plant Journal 72:636-651 read article
Paesold S., Borchardt D., Schmidt T., Dechyeva D. (2012): A sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) reference FISH karyotype for chromosome and chromosome arm identification, integration of genetic linkage groups and analysis of major repeat family distribution. Plant Journal 72:600-611 read article
Seibt K., Wenke T., Wollrab C., Junghans H., Muders K., Dehmer K., Diekmann K., Schmidt T. (2012): Development and application of SINE-based markers for genotyping of potato varieties. Theor. Appl. Genet. 125:185-196 read article
Menzel G., Krebs C., Mercedes D., Holtgräwe D., Weisshaar B., Minoche A. E., Dohm J. C., Himmelbauer H. and Schmidt T. (2012): Survey of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) hAT transposons and MITE-like hATpin derivatives. Plant Mol. Biol. 78:393-405 read article
2011
Wenke T., Döbel T., Rosleff Sörensen T., Junghans H., Weisshaar B. and Schmidt T. (2011): Targeted identification of Short Interspersed Nuclear Element families shows their wide-spread existence and extreme heterogeneity in plant genomes. The Plant Cell 23:3117-28 read article
Zakrzewski, F., Weisshaar B., Fuchs J., Bannack E., Minoche A. E., Dohm J. C., Himmelbauer H. and Schmidt, T. (2011): Epigenetic profiling of heterochromatic satellite DNA. Chromosoma 120:409-422 read article
2010
Staginnus, C., Desel, C., Schmidt, T. and Kahl, G. (2010): Assembling a puzzle of dispersed retrotransposable sequences in the genome of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Genome 53:1090-1102. read article
Zakrzewski, F., Wenke, T., Holtgrawe, D., Weisshaar, B. and Schmidt, T. (2010): Analysis of a c0t-1 library enables the targeted identification of minisatellite and satellite families in Beta vulgaris. BMC Plant Biol. 10:8. read article
Weber, B., Wenke, T., Frommel, U., Schmidt, T. and Heitkam, T. (2010): The Ty1-copia families SALIRE and Cotzilla populating the Beta vulgaris genome show remarkable differences in abundance, chromosomal distribution, and age. Chromosome Res. 18:247-263. read article
2009
Wenke, T., Holtgrawe, D., Horn, A.V., Weisshaar, B. and Schmidt, T. (2009): An abundant and heavily truncated non-LTR retrotransposon (LINE) family in Beta vulgaris. Plant Mol. Biol. 71:585-597. read article
Dechyeva, D. and Schmidt, T. (2009): Molecular cytogenetic mapping of chromosomal fragments and immunostaining of kinetochore proteins in Beta. Int J Plant Genomics 721091. read article
Begum, R., Alam, S.S., Menzel, G. and Schmidt, T. (2009): Comparative molecular cytogenetics of major repetitive sequence families of three Dendrobium species (Orchidaceae) from Bangladesh. Annals of Botany 104:863-872. read article
Heitkam, T., T.Schmidt (2009): BNR – a LINE family from Beta vulgaris – contains a RRM domain in open reading frame 1 and defines a L1 sub-clade present in diverse plant genomes. Plant Journal 59:872-882 read article
Anamthawat-Jónsson K., T. Wenke, Æ. Th. Thórsson, S. Sveinsson, F. Zakrzewski and T. Schmidt (2009): Evolutionary diversification of satellite DNA sequences from Leymus (Poaceae: Triticeae). Genome 52:381-390. read article
Weber, B. and Schmidt, T. (2009): Nested Ty3-gypsy retrotransposons of a single Beta procumbens centromere contain a putative chromodomain. Chromosome Research, 17:379-396 read article
Jacobs, G., D. Dechyeva, T. Wenke, B. Weber, T.Schmidt (2009): A BAC library of Beta vulgaris L. for the targeted isolation of centromeric DNA and molecular cytogenetics of Beta species. Genetica, 135:157-167 read article
Schmidt, T., D. Dechyeva, C. Fiege, T. Heitkam, G. Menzel, B. Weber, T. Wenke, F. Zakrzewski (2009): Comparative physical mapping of rearranged and normal plant chromosomes by high-resolution FISH and megabase DNA techniques. TecDoc of the IAEA/FAO Coordinated Research Programm “Physical mapping technologies for the identification and characterization of mutated genes contributing to crop quality”
1990 - 2008
Menzel G, Dechyeva D, Wenke T, Holtgräwe D, Weisshaar B, Schmidt T (2008): Diversity of a complex centromeric satellite and molecular characterization of dispersed sequence families in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Annals of Botany 102:521-530.
Schulz B., B. Weisshaar, D. Holtgräwe, T. Rosleff Sörensen, G. Koch, H. Himmelbauer, C. Lange, J. Dohm, T. Schmidt, K. Schneider (2007): GABI Beet Physical Map: A physical map of the sugar beet genome to integrate genetics and genomics. GenomXpress, Special Issue 2007
Heslop-Harrison J., Schmidt T. (2006): Plant Nuclear Genome. In: Enzyclopedia of Life Science, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, UK doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002014
Dechyeva, D., T. Schmidt (2006): Molecular organization of terminal repetitive DNA in Beta species. Chromosome Res. 14:881-897
Menzel, G., D. Dechyeva, H. Keller, C. Lange, H. Himmelbauer, T. Schmidt (2006): Mobilization and evolutionary history of minitiature-inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in Beta vulgaris L.. Chromosome Res. 14:831-844
Jacobs, G., D. Dechyeva, G. Menzel, C. Dombrowski, T. Schmidt (2004): Molecular characterization of Vulmar1, a complete mariner transposon of sugar beet and diversity of mariner- and En/Spm-like sequences in the genus Beta. Genome 47:1192-1201
Schmidt, T., C. Desel , D. Dechyeva, B. Fleischer, F. Gindullis, A. Schmidt, J.S. Heslop-Harrison, R.L. Doudrick (2004): FISHing repeated DNA sequences in Beta genomes. In: Chromosomes Today 14 (eds. M. Schmid, I. Nanda), Chapter 5.1 pp. 249-266, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Dechyeva, D., F. Gindullis, T. Schmidt (2003): Divergence of satellite DNA and interspersion of dispersed repeats in the genome of the wild beet Beta procumbens. Chromosome Res. 11:3-21
Desel, D., R. Jansen, G. Dedong, T. Schmidt (2002): Painting of parental chromatin in Beta hybrids by multi-colour fluorescent in situ hybridization. Annals of Botany 89:171-181
Staginnus, C., B. Huettel, C. Desel, T. Schmidt, G. Kahl (2001): A PCR-based assay to detect En/Spm-like transposon sequences in plants. Chromosome Res. 9:591-605
Gindullis, F., D. Dechyeva, T. Schmidt (2001): Construction and characterization of a BAC library for the molecular dissection of a single wild beet centromere and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) genome analysis. Genome 44:846-855
Gindullis, F., C. Desel, I. Galasso, T. Schmidt (2001): The large-scale organization of centromeric DNA in Beta species. Genome Res. 11:253-265
Galasso, I., T. Schmidt, D. Pignone (2001): Identification of Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris chromo-somes by physical mapping of repetitive DNA sequences. Chromosome Res. 9:199-209
Desel, C., C. Jung, D. Cai, M. Kleine, T. Schmidt (2001): High resolution mapping of YACs and single-copy gene Hs1pro-1 on Beta vulgaris chromosomes by multi-colour fluorescence in situ hybridization. Plant Mol. Biol. 45:113-122
Gao, D., T. Schmidt, C. Jung (2000): Molecular characterization and chromosomal distribution of species-specific repetitive DNA sequences from Beta corolliflora, a wild relative of sugar beet. Genome 43:1073-1080
Schmidt, A., R.L. Doudrick, J.S. Heslop-Harrison, T. Schmidt (2000): The contribution of short repeats of low sequence complexity to large conifer genomes. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:7-14
Hemleben, V., T. Schmidt, R.A. Torres-Ruiz , U. Zentgraf (1999): Molecular Cell Biology: Role of repetitive DNA in nuclear architecture and chromosome structure. In: Progress in Botany, Vol. 61, 91-117, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Schmidt, T. (1999): LINEs, SINEs and repetitive DNA: non-LTR retrotransposons in plant genomes. Plant Mol. Biol. 40:903-910
Staginnus, C., P. Winter, C. Desel, T. Schmidt, G. Kahl (1999): Molecular structure and chromosomal localization of major repetitive DNA families in the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genome. Plant Mol. Biol. 39:1037-1050
Reamon-Büttner, S.M., T. Schmidt, C. Jung (1999): AFLPs represent highly repetitive sequences in Asparagus officinales L.. Chromosome Res. 7:297-304
Galasso I., G.E. Harrison, T. Schmidt, D. Pignone, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1999): Location of two repeated DNA sequences of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. on chromosomes and extended DNA fibres by FISH. J. Genet. Breed. 53:215-221
Kubis, S., T. Schmidt, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1998): Repetitive DNA as a major component of plant genomes. Annals of Botany (Suppl.) 82:45-55
Schmidt, T., S. Kubis, A. Katsiotis, C. Jung, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1998): Molecular and chromosomal organization of two repetitive DNA sequences with intercalary locations in sugar beet and other Beta species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 97:696-704
Schmidt, T., J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1998): Genomes, genes and junk: the large-scale organization of plant chromosomes. Trends in Plant Science 3:195-199
Kubis, S., J.S. Heslop-Harrison, C. Desel, T. Schmidt (1998): The genomic organization of non-LTR retrotransposons (LINEs) from three Beta species and five other angiosperms. Plant Mol. Biol. 36:821-831
Schmidt, T., S. Kubis, C. Desel, C. Jung, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1997): Molekulare Zytogenetik von Wild- und Kulturrüben der Gattung Beta. Vorträge für Pflanzenzüchtung 37:125-143
Schmidt, T., C. Desel, F. Gindullis, S. Kubis, I. Galasso, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1997): The structural model of Beta vulgaris chromosomes. In: 100 Years of Genetics for Plant Breeding – Mendel, Meiosis and Marker. Mendel Cenetary Congress, Vorträge für Pflanzenzüchtung 48:196-204
Heslop-Harrison, J.S., A. Brandes, S. Taketa, T. Schmidt, A.V. Vershinin, E.G. Alkhimova, A. Kamm, A. Katsiotis, R.L. Doudrick, T. Schwarzacher, S. Kubis, A. Kumar, S.R. Pearce, A.J. Flavell, G.E. Harrison (1997): The chromosomal distributions of Ty1-copia group retrotransposable elements in higher plants and their implications for genome evolution. Genetica 100:197-204
Schmidt, T., C. Jung, J.S. Heslop-Harrison, M. Kleine (1997): Detection of alien chromatin conferring resistance to the beet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii Schm.) in cultivated beet (Beta vulgaris L.) using in situ hybridization. Chromosome Res. 5:186-193
Schondelmaier, J., T. Schmidt, J.S. Heslop-Harrison, C. Jung (1997): Genetic and chromosomal localization of the 5S rDNA locus in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Genome 40:171-175
Brandes, A., J.S. Heslop-Harrison, A. Kamm, S. Kubis, R.L. Doudrick, T. Schmidt (1997): Comparative analysis of the chromosomal and genomic organization of Ty1-copia-like retrotransposons in pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Plant Mol. Biol. 33:11-21
Kubis, S., J.S. Heslop-Harrison, T. Schmidt (1997): A family of differentially amplified repetitive DNA sequences in the genus Beta reveals genetic variation in Beta vulgaris subspecies and cultivars. J. Mol. Evol. 44:310-320
Schmidt, T., J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1996): The physical and genomic organization of microsatellites in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:8761-8765
Kamm, A., R.L. Doudrick, J.S. Heslop-Harrison, T. Schmidt (1996): The genomic and physical organization of Ty1-copia-like sequences as a component of large genomes in Pinus elliottii var. elliottii and other gymnosperms. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:2708-2713
Schmidt, T., J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1996): High-resolution mapping of repetitive DNA by in situ hybridization: molecular and chromosomal features of prominent dispersed and discretely localized DNA families from the wild beet species Beta procumbens. Plant Mol. Biol. 30:1099-1119
Doudrick, R.L., J.S. Heslop-Harrison, C.D. Nelson, T. Schmidt, W.L. Nance, T. Schwarzacher (1995): Karyotype of slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii) using patterns of fluorescence in situ hybridization and fluorochrome banding. J. Hered. 86:289-296
Kamm, A., I. Galasso, T. Schmidt, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1995): Analysis of a repetitive DNA family from Arabidopsis arenosa and relationship between Arabidopsis species. Plant Mol. Biol. 27:853-862
Schmidt, T., S. Kubis, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1995): Analysis and chromosomal localization of retrotransposons in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.): LINEs and Ty1-copia-like elements as major components of the genome. Chromosome Res. 3:335-345
Galasso, I., T. Schmidt, D. Pignone, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1995): The molecular cytogenetics of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp: the physical organization and characterization of 18S-5.8S-25S rRNA genes, 5S rRNA, telomere-like sequences, and a family of centromeric repetitive DNA sequences. Theor. Appl. Genet. 91:928-935
Schmidt, T., J. Kudla (1995): The molecular structure, chromosomal organization, and interspecies distribution of a family of tandemly repeated DNA sequences of Antirrhinum majus L.. Genome 39:243-248
Katsiotis, A., T. Schmidt, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1995): Chromosomal and genomic organization of Ty1-copia-like retrotransposon sequences in the genus Avena. Genome 39:410-417
Schmidt, T., J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1994): Variability and evolution of highly repeated DNA sequences in the genus Beta. Genome 36:1074-1079
Schmidt, T., T. Schwarzacher, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1994): Physical mapping of rRNA genes by fluorescent in situ hybridization and structural analysis of 5S rRNA genes and intergenic spacer sequences in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Theor. Appl. Genet. 88:629-636
Kamm, A., T. Schmidt, J.S. Heslop-Harrison (1994): Molecular and physical organization of highly repetitive undermethylated DNA from Pennisetum glaucum. Mol. Gen. Genet. 244:420-425
Schmidt, T., K. Boblenz, M. Metzlaff, D. Kaemmer, K. Weising, G. Kahl (1993): DNA-fingerprinting in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) - identification of double-haploid breeding lines. Theor. Appl. Genet. 85:653-657
Schmidt, T., K. Boblenz, M. Metzlaff (1992): Satellite polymorphisms and genome diagnosis in the genus Beta. In: BioTechForum - Advances in molecular genetics (Kahl, G., H. Appelhans, J. Kämpf, A.J Driesel, eds), Vol.10: DNA-Polymorphisms in Eukaryotic Genomes. 197-208, Hüthig, Heidelberg
Schmidt, T., K. Boblenz, K. Weising (1992): Use of highly repeated DNA polymorphisms for genome diagnosis and evolutionary studies in the genus Beta. In: DNA Fingerprinting - State of the Science (Pena, S.D.J., R. Chakraborty, J.T. Epplen, A.J. Jeffreys, eds.), 453 – 459, Birkhäuser, Basel
Schmidt, T., C. Jung, M. Metzlaff (1991): Distribution and evolution of two satellite DNAs in the genus Beta. Theor. Appl. Genet. 82:793-799
Schmidt, T., M. Metzlaff (1991): Cloning and characterization of a Beta vulgaris satellite DNA family. Gene 101:247-250
Schmidt, T., H. Junghans, M. Metzlaff (1990): Construction of B. procumbens-specific DNA probes and their application for the screening of B.vulgaris x B.procumbens (2n = 19) addition lines. Theor. Appl. Genet. 79:177-181