Open AccessCentromeres Convert but Don't Cross
Author(s) -
Paul B. Talbert,
Steven Henikoff
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000326
Subject(s) - biology , centromere , evolutionary biology , computational biology , genetics , chromosome , gene
Geneticists have long known that centromeres suppress crossing over, but considerable evidence indicates that they appear to recombine. Confirmation of gene conversion in maize centromeres explains this paradox.
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