Silene latifolia: the classical model to study heteromorphic sex chromosomes
Language English Country Switzerland Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review
PubMed
20551610
DOI
10.1159/000314285
PII: 000314285
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Biological Evolution MeSH
- Chromosomes, Plant genetics MeSH
- Cytogenetic Analysis MeSH
- DNA, Plant genetics MeSH
- Epigenesis, Genetic MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Genome, Plant MeSH
- Genomics MeSH
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MeSH
- Models, Genetic * MeSH
- Reproduction genetics MeSH
- Silene classification genetics physiology MeSH
- DNA Transposable Elements genetics MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Review MeSH
- Names of Substances
- DNA, Plant MeSH
- DNA Transposable Elements MeSH
This review summarizes older as well as recent data about the model dioecious plant Silene latifolia. This plant has been the subject of more than one hundred years of research efforts and its most conspicuous property is huge and well differentiated heteromorphic sex chromosomes, XX in females and XY in males. Due to this property the S. latifolia sex chromosomes have been often used for cytogenetic studies as well as for flow sorting and laser microdissection. Nowadays S. latifolia is the focus of genomic studies, molecular mapping, phylogenetic and population genetics analyses.
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