Crossing-over decision landscape in maize
M. Zelkowski, M. Wang, Q. Sun, J. Pillardy, P. M. Kianian, S. Kianian, C. Chen, W. P. Pawlowski
The paper investigates how crossover (CO) distribution in maize becomes U-shaped during meiosis, finding that chromatin state, not DNA methylation or sequence polymorphism, shapes the final CO landscape.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2022 · PreprintPlant Biology