Meiosis: dances between homologs

D Zickler, N Kleckner - Annual review of genetics, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
The raison d'être of meiosis is shuffling of genetic information via Mendelian segregation
and, within individual chromosomes, by DNA crossing-over. These outcomes are enabled …

Divergence and conservation of the meiotic recombination machinery

M Arter, S Keeney - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Sexually reproducing eukaryotes use recombination between homologous chromosomes to
promote chromosome segregation during meiosis. Meiotic recombination is almost …

Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation

F Baudat, Y Imai, B De Massy - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013‏ - nature.com
During meiosis, a programmed induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) leads to the
exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes. These exchanges …

A brief review of vertebrate sex evolution with a pledge for integrative research: towards 'sexomics'

M Stöck, L Kratochvíl, H Kuhl… - … of the Royal …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Triggers and biological processes controlling male or female gonadal differentiation vary in
vertebrates, with sex determination (SD) governed by environmental factors or simple to …

[HTML][HTML] Novel insights into the genetic and epigenetic paternal contribution to the human embryo

M Kumar, K Kumar, S Jain, T Hassan, R Dada - Clinics, 2013‏ - SciELO Brasil
The integrity of the sperm genome and epigenome are critical for normal embryonic
development. The advent of assisted reproductive technology has led to an increased …

Interplay between synaptonemal complex, homologous recombination, and centromeres during mammalian meiosis

H Qiao, JK Chen, A Reynolds, C Höög, M Paddy… - PLoS …, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
The intimate synapsis of homologous chromosome pairs (homologs) by synaptonemal
complexes (SCs) is an essential feature of meiosis. In many organisms, synapsis and …

Synaptonemal complex components persist at centromeres and are required for homologous centromere pairing in mouse spermatocytes

CG Bisig, MF Guiraldelli, A Kouznetsova… - PLoS …, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Recent studies in simple model organisms have shown that centromere pairing is important
for ensuring high-fidelity meiotic chromosome segregation. However, this process and the …

Multiple reorganizations of the lateral elements of the synaptonemal complex facilitate homolog segregation in Bombyx mori oocytes

Y **ang, D Tsuchiya, Z Yu, X Zhao, S McKinney… - Current Biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Although Lepidopteran females build a synaptonemal complex (SC) in pachytene,
homologs do not crossover, necessitating an alternative method of homolog conjunction. In …

From equator to pole: splitting chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis

E Duro, AL Marston - Genes & development, 2015‏ - genesdev.cshlp.org
During eukaryotic cell division, chromosomes must be precisely partitioned to daughter
cells. This relies on a mechanism to move chromosomes in defined directions within the …

A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome

TD Brekke, AST Papadopulos, E Julià… - Molecular Biology …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Chromosome-scale genome assemblies based on ultralong-read sequencing technologies
are able to illuminate previously intractable aspects of genome biology such as fine-scale …