Ph2 encodes the mismatch repair protein MSH7-3D that inhibits wheat homoeologous recombination

Heïdi Serra; Radim Svačina; Ute Baumann; Ryan Whitford; Tim Sutton; Jan Bartoš; Pierre Sourdille

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21127-1

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Ph2 encodes the mismatch repair protein MSH7-3D that inhibits wheat homoeologous recombination

Heïdi Serra,
Radim Svačina,
Ute Baumann,
Ryan Whitford,
Tim Sutton,
Jan Bartoš,
Pierre Sourdille

Affiliations

Heïdi Serra: Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, UMR 1095, INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne
Radim Svačina: Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research
Ute Baumann: School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1
Ryan Whitford: School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1
Tim Sutton: School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1
Jan Bartoš: Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research
Pierre Sourdille: Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, UMR 1095, INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21127-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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In the allohexaploid genome of wheat, meiotic recombination between homoeologues is suppressed through the action of several loci. Here, the authors report the cloning of the long sought-after gene Ph2 and show its function in reduction of homoeologous recombination.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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