Ten Years of Gene Discovery for Meiotic Event Control in Rice  

作　　者：Qiong Luo Yafei Li Yi Shen Zhukuan Cheng 

机构地区：[1]College of Plant Protection,Yunnan Agricultural University [2]State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research,Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》2014年第3期125-137,共13页遗传学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31360260, 31230038 and U1302261)

摘　　要：Meiosis is the crucial process by which sexually propagating eukaryotes give rise to haploid gametes from diploid cells. Several key processes, like homologous chromosomes pairing, synapsis, recombination, and segregation, sequentially take place in meiosis. Although these widely conserved events are under both genetic and epigenetic control, the accurate details of molecular mechanisms are continuing to investigate. Rice is a good model organism for exploring the molecular mechanisms of meiosis in higher plants. So far, 28 rice meiotic genes have been characterized. In this review, we give an overview of the discovery of rice meiotic genes in the last ten years, with a particular focus on their functions in meiosis.Meiosis is the crucial process by which sexually propagating eukaryotes give rise to haploid gametes from diploid cells. Several key processes, like homologous chromosomes pairing, synapsis, recombination, and segregation, sequentially take place in meiosis. Although these widely conserved events are under both genetic and epigenetic control, the accurate details of molecular mechanisms are continuing to investigate. Rice is a good model organism for exploring the molecular mechanisms of meiosis in higher plants. So far, 28 rice meiotic genes have been characterized. In this review, we give an overview of the discovery of rice meiotic genes in the last ten years, with a particular focus on their functions in meiosis.

关 键 词：Chromosome pairing SYNAPSIS CROSSOVER MEIOSIS RICE 

分 类 号：S511[农业科学—作物学]