The molecular biology of meiosis in plants

R Mercier, C Mézard, E Jenczewski… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Meiosis is the cell division that reshuffles genetic information between generations.
Recently, much progress has been made in understanding this process; in particular, the …

Condensin and cohesin complexity: the expanding repertoire of functions

AJ Wood, AF Severson, BJ Meyer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Condensin and cohesin complexes act in diverse nuclear processes in addition to their
widely known roles in chromosome compaction and sister chromatid cohesion. Recent work …

ASYNAPSIS3 has diverse dosage-dependent effects on meiotic crossover formation in Brassica napus

L Chu, J Zhuang, M Geng, Y Zhang, J Zhu… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Crossovers create genetic diversity and are required for equal chromosome segregation
during meiosis. Crossover number and distribution are highly regulated by different …

Engineering apomixis in crops

A Mahlandt, DK Singh, R Mercier - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2023 - Springer
Apomixis is an asexual mode of reproduction through seeds where progeny are clones of
the mother plants. Naturally apomictic modes of reproduction are found in hundreds of plant …

The axial element protein HTP-3 promotes cohesin loading and meiotic axis assembly in C. elegans to implement the meiotic program of chromosome segregation

AF Severson, L Ling, V van Zuylen… - Genes & …, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Faithful transmission of the genome through sexual reproduction requires reduction of
genome copy number during meiosis to produce haploid sperm and eggs. Meiosis entails …