The centromere region is a classical cytological feature of chromosomes and can harbour genes of fundamental importance to wheat. The rapid advances in the structure analysis of the 21 chromosomes of wheat will be presented with a focus on the centromere of chromosome 7A in the chromosome per se as well as the telosomes 7AS and 7AL. The outputs from the research define a valuable relationship to the syntenic rice chromosome 8, the biology of genes located in the centromere and the location of the kinetochore protein CENH3. The study reveals the centromere to be flexible in structure while contributing a stable (low recombination) environment for a gene space that is essential for wheat productivity.
The centromere region is a classical cytological feature of chromosomes and can harbour genes of fundamental importance to wheat. The rapid advances in the structure analysis of the 21 chromosomes of wheat will be presented with a focus on the centromere of chromosome 7A in the chromosome per se as well as the telosomes 7AS and 7AL. The outputs from the research define a valuable relationship to the syntenic rice chromosome 8, the biology of genes located in the centromere and the location of the kinetochore protein CENH3. The study reveals the centromere to be flexible in structure while contributing a stable (low recombination) environment for a gene space that is essential for wheat productivity.
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