Genomes losing balance – what is the consequence?
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellShi et al. (2021). Plant Cell. Gene expression in diploid aneuploids and polyploids. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab030
By Xiaowen Shi and James A. Birchler
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Background: A change in the number of chromosomes…
Genomic imbalance: an extra chromosome arm can induce severe phenotypic and gene expression changes
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang et al. use haploid induction, genomic and transcriptomic sequencing to explore gene expression changes across the genome when the chromosome arm was varied in haploid maize.
By Hua Yang, James Birchler, University of Missouri-Columbia
Background: The phenotypic consequences of the addition…