Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Single gametophyte sequencing reveals that crossover events differ between sexes in maize

  • Cheng Luo,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Qinghua Zhang,
  • Jianbing Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08786-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Meiotic crossover (CO) landscape differs inter- and intra-species, as well as between sexes. Here, the authors show that male meiosis produces more COs than female in maize and detect CO maturation inefficiency in some genetic backgrounds, which may help to improve breeding efficiency.