Diversity favoured: heterozygosity attracts crossovers

IF 13.6 1区生物学 Q1 PLANT SCIENCES

Nature Plants Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI:10.1038/s41477-025-02066-x

Maria Cuacos, Stefan Heckmann

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Abstract

The juxtaposition effect increases meiotic crossover frequency in heterozygous chromosome regions flanked by homozygous regions. Initially discovered in self-fertilizing Arabidopsis, this mechanism also operates in the outcrossing cereal crop maize.

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多样性有利：杂合性吸引杂交

并置效应增加了杂合染色体区域两侧纯合染色体区域的减数分裂交叉频率。这种机制最初是在自交受精的拟南芥中发现的，也适用于异种杂交的谷类作物玉米。

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Nature Plants PLANT SCIENCES-

CiteScore

25.30

自引率

2.20%

发文量

196

期刊介绍： Nature Plants is an online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants — from their evolution, development, metabolism and environmental interactions to their societal significance.