Ten Years of Gene Discovery for Meiotic Event Control in Rice
Ten Years of Gene Discovery for Meiotic Event Control in Rice作者机构:College of Plant ProtectionYunnan Agricultural University State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of Sciences
出 版 物:《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》 (遗传学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2014年第41卷第3期
页 面:125-137页
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基 金:supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31360260 31230038 and U1302261)
主 题:Chromosome pairing Synapsis Crossover Meiosis Rice
摘 要:Meiosis is the crucial process by which sexually propagating eukaryotes give rise to haploid gametes from diploid cells. Several key processes, like homologous chromosomes pairing, synapsis, recombination, and segregation, sequentially take place in meiosis. Although these widely conserved events are under both genetic and epigenetic control, the accurate details of molecular mechanisms are continuing to investigate. Rice is a good model organism for exploring the molecular mechanisms of meiosis in higher plants. So far, 28 rice meiotic genes have been characterized. In this review, we give an overview of the discovery of rice meiotic genes in the last ten years, with a particular focus on their functions in meiosis.