Plant Centromere Biology

Plant Centromere Biology is dedicated to plant centromere research. Chapters cover the structure of centromeres from several plant species including Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, maize, wheat and beet, while other sections cover several unique characteristics associated with plant centromeres, including classical and modern neocentromeres, centromere drive and centromere misdivision. Additional chapters are dedicated to epigenetic modification and evolution of plant centromeres, and development and application of plant artificial chromosomes. Written by an international group of experts in the field, Plant Centromere Biology is a valuable handbook for all plant scientists working on plant genome research. Beyond the bench, it can also serve as a helpful reference tool or textbook for upper level college classes on cytogenetics or genome analysis.

Plant Centromere Biology is dedicated to plantcentromere research. Chapters cover the structure of centromeresfrom several plant species including Arabidopsis thaliana, ricemaize, wheat and beet, while other sections cover several uniquecharacteristics associated with plant centromeres, includingclassical and modern neocentromeres, centromere drive andcentromere misdivision. Additional chapters are dedicated toepigenetic modification and evolution of plant centromeres, anddevelopment and application of plant artificialchromosomes.Written by an international group of experts in the field, PlantCentromere Biology is a valuable handbook for all plantscientists working on plant genome research. Beyond thebench, it can also serve as a helpful reference tool or textbookfor upper level college classes on cytogenetics or genomeanalysis.

Contributors viiPreface ixChapter 1 Arabidopsis Centromeres 3Minoru MurataChapter 2 Rice Centromeres 15Jiming JiangChapter 3 Maize Centromeres 25Gernot PrestingChapter 4 A Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of the StructureEvolution, and Epigenetic Modifi cations of Major DNA Sequences inCentromeres of Beta Species 39Falk Zakrzewski, Beatrice Weber, and Thomas SchmidtChapter 5 Centromere Synteny among Brachypodium, Wheat, and Rice57Lili Qi, Bernd Friebe, and Bikram S. GillChapter 6 CENH3 for Establishing and Maintaining Centromeres67Inna Lermontova and Ingo SchubertChapter 7 Holokinetic Centromeres 83Stefan Heckmann and Andreas HoubenChapter 8 Is the Heterochromatin of Meiotic Neocentromeres aRemnant of the Early Evolution of the Primitive Centromere?95María J. Puertas and Alfredo VillasanteChapter 9 Misdivision of Centromeres 111Adam J. LukaszewskiChapter 10 Female Meiotic Drive in Monkeyfl owers: Insight intothe Population Genetics of Selfi sh Centromeres 129Lila FishmanChapter 11 Plant Centromere Epigenetics 147Ryan N. Douglas and James A. BirchlerChapter 12 Centromere Evolution 159Jiming JiangChapter 13 Centromere-Mediated Generation of Haploid Plants169Maruthachalam Ravi and Simon W.-L. ChanChapter 14 Engineered Plant Chromosomes 183Robert T. Gaeta and James A. BirchlerIndex 193Color plate is located between pages 182 and 183