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 …

Homoeologous exchanges, segmental allopolyploidy, and polyploid genome evolution

AS Mason, JF Wendel - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Polyploidy is a major force in plant evolution and speciation. In newly formed allopolyploids,
pairing between related chromosomes from different subgenomes (homoeologous …

Haploids in flowering plants: origins and exploitation

JM Dunwell - Plant biotechnology journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The first haploid angiosperm, a dwarf form of cotton with half the normal chromosome
complement, was discovered in 1920, and in the ninety years since then such plants have …

The first meiosis of resynthesized Brassica napus, a genome blender

E Szadkowski, F Eber, V Huteau, M Lode… - New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Polyploidy promotes the restructuring of merged genomes within initial generations of
resynthesized Brassica napus, possibly caused by homoeologous recombination at meiosis …