Dividing cells that experience chromosome mis-segregation generate aneuploid daughter
cells, which contain an incorrect number of chromosomes. Although aneuploidy interferes …

Changes in DNA copy number, whether confined to specific genes or affecting whole
chromosomes, have been identified as causes of diseases and developmental …

Maize (Zea mays) is an excellent cereal model for research on seed development because
of its relatively large size for both embryo and endosperm. Despite the importance of seed in …

The maize (Zea mays) kernel plays a critical role in feeding humans and livestock around
the world and in a wide array of industrial applications. An understanding of the regulation of …

Maize is the most widely grown cereal in the world. In addition to its role in global
agriculture, it has also long served as a model organism for genetic research. Maize stands …

Aquatic plants have to adapt to the environments distinct from where land plants grow. A
critical aspect of adaptation is the dynamics of sequence repeats, not resolved in older …

Prolamin storage proteins are the main repository for nitrogen in the endosperm of cereal
seeds. These stable proteins accumulate at massive levels due to the high level expression …

Wheat Gli-2 loci encode complex groups of α-gliadin prolamins that are important for
breadmaking, but also major triggers of celiac disease (CD). Elucidation of α-gliadin …

Haplotype variation not only involves SNPs but also insertions and deletions, in particular
gene copy number variations. However, comparisons of individual genomes have been …

Maize kernels contain several types of storage proteins. By far the most abundant are
prolamins, zeins, a unique storage protein found only in cereals. Because of their …