Menghan Li, Shuyue Li, Yan He, Yan Wang, Ting Zhang, Ping Li, Yan He
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Abstract
Most plant species have three or more SPO11/TOPOVIA homologs and two TOPOVIB homologs, which associate to trigger meiotic double-strand break (DSB) formation and subsequent meiotic recombination. In Zea mays L. (maize), ZmSPO11-1 and ZmMTOPVIB have been reported to be indispensable for the initiation of meiotic recombination, yet the function of ZmSPO11-2 remains unclear. In this study, we characterized meiotic functions of ZmSPO11-2 during male meiosis in maize. Two independent Zmspo11-1 knock-out mutants exhibited normal vegetative growth but both male and female sterility. The formation of meiotic DSBs of DNA molecules was fully abolished in the Zmspo11-2 plants, leading to the defective homologous chromosome paring, synapsis, recombination, and segregation. However, the bipolar spindle assembly was not noticeably affected in Zmspo11-2 meiocytes. Overall, our results demonstrate that as its partner ZmSPO11-1 and ZmMTOPVIB, ZmSPO11-2 plays essential roles in DSB formation and homologous recombination in maize meiosis.
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Chromosome Research publishes manuscripts from work based on all organisms and encourages submissions in the following areas including, but not limited, to:
· Chromosomes and their linkage to diseases;
· Chromosome organization within the nucleus;
· Chromatin biology (transcription, non-coding RNA, etc);
· Chromosome structure, function and mechanics;
· Chromosome and DNA repair;
· Epigenetic chromosomal functions (centromeres, telomeres, replication, imprinting,
dosage compensation, sex determination, chromosome remodeling);
· Architectural/epigenomic organization of the genome;
· Functional annotation of the genome;
· Functional and comparative genomics in plants and animals;
· Karyology studies that help resolve difficult taxonomic problems or that provide
clues to fundamental mechanisms of genome and karyotype evolution in plants and animals;
· Mitosis and Meiosis;
· Cancer cytogenomics.
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