Cereal chromosome structure, evolution, and pairing

Authors
Moore, G
Citation
G. Moore, Cereal chromosome structure, evolution, and pairing, ANN R PLANT, 51, 2000, pp. 195-222
Citations number
185
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
10402519 → ACNP
Volume
51
Year of publication
2000
Pages
195 - 222
Database
ISI
SICI code
1040-2519(2000)51:<195:CCSEAP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The determination of the order of genes along cereal chromosomes indicates that the cereals can be described as a single genetic system. Such a framew ork provides an opportunity to combine data generated from the studies on d ifferent cereals, enables chromosome evolution to be traced, and sheds ligh t on key structures involved in cereal chromosome pairing. Centromeric and telomeric regions have been highlighted as important in these processes.