TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetics of meiotic prophase I in plants
AU - Hamant, Olivier
AU - Ma, Hong
AU - Cande, W. Zacheus
PY - 2006/7/20
Y1 - 2006/7/20
N2 - During meiotic prophase I, traits are reassorted as a result of a highly organized process involving sister chromatid cohesion, homologous chromosome alignment, pairing, synapsis, and recombination. In the past two years, a number of components involved in this pathway, including Structure Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC), MRE11, the RAD51 homologs, BRCA2, MSH4, MER3, and ZIP1, have been characterized in plants; in addition, several genes that encode components unique to plants, such as POOR HOMOLOGOUS SYNAPSIS 1 and AMEIOTIC 1, have been cloned. Based on these recent data, essentially from maize and Arabidopsis, we discuss the conserved and plant-specific aspects of meiosis commitment and meiotic prophase I features.
AB - During meiotic prophase I, traits are reassorted as a result of a highly organized process involving sister chromatid cohesion, homologous chromosome alignment, pairing, synapsis, and recombination. In the past two years, a number of components involved in this pathway, including Structure Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC), MRE11, the RAD51 homologs, BRCA2, MSH4, MER3, and ZIP1, have been characterized in plants; in addition, several genes that encode components unique to plants, such as POOR HOMOLOGOUS SYNAPSIS 1 and AMEIOTIC 1, have been cloned. Based on these recent data, essentially from maize and Arabidopsis, we discuss the conserved and plant-specific aspects of meiosis commitment and meiotic prophase I features.
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105255
DO - 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105255
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16669763
AN - SCOPUS:33745915711
SN - 1543-5008
VL - 57
SP - 267
EP - 302
JO - Annual Review of Plant Biology
JF - Annual Review of Plant Biology
ER -