Centromeres are critical for accurate segregation of chromosomes and are often composed of megabases of tandemly arranged satellite repeats. Yet, despite their conserved function, the DNA sequence of ...

Rhynchospora tenuis undergoes obligate, genome-wide achiasmy in both male and female meiosis.

Nature Plants - Gamboa et al. identified three proteins that restrict meiotic crossovers near centromeres. This finding suggests that cohesion regulation plays a role in this suppression and...

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Singh et al. used a forward genetic screen in Arabidopsis to identify ten proteins that promote monopolar kinetochore orientation during meiosis I. Cohesin subunits and cohesin regulators, CENP-C, and...

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Nature Plants - Gamboa et al. identified three proteins that restrict meiotic crossovers near centromeres. This finding suggests that cohesion regulation plays a role in this suppression and...

The first division of meiosis is unique in its capacity to halve the ploidy of future gametes. To this end, one key innovation compared with mitosis i…

The first division of meiosis is unique in its capacity to halve the ploidy of future gametes. To this end, one key innovation compared with mitosis i…

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Crop wild relatives are important resources for improving cultivated crops, yet the precise introgression of wild genetic material into cultivated crops is often difficult and cannot be fully defined ...

Affinity purification in Arabidopsis identified all key subunits of the outer kinetochore KMN complex. Functional analyses revealed a striking conservation of its composition and organization across k...

DNA methylation loss at transposable elements (TEs) can affect neighboring genes and be epigenetically inherited in plants, yet the determinants and significance of this additional system of inheritan...

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic condition that predisposes to progressive bone marrow failure, a specific spectrum of malignancies, including he…

Scientists are tinkering with plant genes to create crops that seed their own clones, with a host of benefits for farmers.

Scientists are tinkering with plant genes to create crops that seed their own clones, with a host of benefits for farmers.

Female and male meiosis often differ in many aspects, such as their duration and the frequency as well as the positioning of crossovers. However, studying female meiosis is often very challenging and ...

Crossovers (COs) ensure proper chromosome segregation during meiosis and generate genetic diversity. COs are non-uniformly distributed along chromosomes and almost universally suppressed in centromere...

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The first division of meiosis is unique in its capacity to halve the ploidy of the future gametes. To this end, one key innovation compared to mitosis is the monopolar orientation of the pairs of sist...