Meiotic crossovers are associated with open chromatin and enriched with Stowaway transposons in potato.

Alexandre P MarandShelley H JanskyHainan ZhaoCourtney P LeisnerXiaobiao ZhuZixian ZengEmily CrisovanLinsey NewtonAndy J HamernikRichard E VeilleuxC Robin BuellJiming Jiang

Published in: Genome biology (2017)

Collectively, our results suggest that meiotic crossovers in potato are largely determined by the local chromatin status, marked by accessible chromatin, H3K4me3-modified nucleosomes, and the presence of Stowaway transposons.

Keyphrases

dna damage
gene expression
transcription factor
genome wide
minimally invasive
dna methylation
oxidative stress