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SUBMITTER: Heckmann S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4214429 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heckmann Stefan S Jankowska Maja M Schubert Veit V Kumke Katrin K Ma Wei W Houben Andreas A
Nature communications 20141008
Holocentric chromosomes occur in a number of independent eukaryotic lineages. They form holokinetic kinetochores along the entire poleward chromatid surfaces, and owing to this alternative chromosome structure, species with holocentric chromosomes cannot use the two-step loss of cohesion during meiosis typical for monocentric chromosomes. Here we show that the plant Luzula elegans maintains a holocentric chromosome architecture and behaviour throughout meiosis, and in contrast to monopolar siste ...[more]