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Natural variation modifies centromere-proximal meiotic crossover frequency and segregation distortion in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Genetics - 5 Aug 2026
Gorringe Nicola, Topp Stephanie, Burns Robin, Yamaguchi Sota, Rabanal Fernando A, Fernandes Joiselle B, Weigel Detlef, Kakutani Tetsuji, Naish Matthew, Henderson Ian R
Abstract excerpt
Eukaryotic centromeres mediate chromosome segregation during cell division. Plant centromeres are loaded with CENH3-variant nucleosomes, which direct kinetochore formation and spindle-microtubule interaction. Centromeres are frequently composed of megabase-scale satellite repeat arrays, or retrotransposon nests. In monocentric genomes, such as the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, pericentromeric heterochromatin...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Centromere
- Meiosis
- Chromosome Segregation
- Crossing Over, Genetic
- Genetic Variation
- Chromosomes, Plant
