Tremendous progress has been made on molecular aspects of plant phosphorus (P)
nutrition, often without heeding information provided by soil scientists, ecophysiologists, and …

Mutations with deleterious consequences in nature may be conditionally deleterious in crop
plants. That is, while some genetic variants may reduce fitness under wild conditions and be …

Ribosomes are macromolecular machines that are globally required for the translation of all
proteins in all cells. Ribosome biogenesis, which is essential for cell growth, proliferation …

Although both are salient features of genomes, at first glance ribosomal DNAs and
transposable elements are genetic elements with not much in common: whereas ribosomal …

Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) are eukaryotic chromosomal loci where ribosomal RNA
(rRNA) genes are clustered, typically in hundreds to thousands of copies. Transcription of …

CRISPR/Cas has been mainly used for mutagenesis through the induction of double strand
breaks (DSBs) within unique protein-coding genes. Using the SaCas9 nuclease to induce …

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity and chromosomal positions are interrelated
in plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana, chromosome arms are DNA‐hypomethylated and …

Nucleolar dominance (ND) is selective epigenetic silencing of 35-48S rDNA loci. In
allopolyploids, it is frequently manifested at the cytogenetic level by the inactivation of …

The human ribosomal DNA (rDNA) copy number (CN) has been challenging to analyse, and
its sequence has been excluded from reference genomes due to its highly repetitive nature …

The sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottboll) is a halophytic, underrated starch-producing palm
that is both disease resistant and capable of producing a high yield of storage starch. It is …