Aquaculture is one of the most efficient modes of animal protein production and plays an
important role in global food security. Aquaculture animals exhibit extraordinarily diverse …

The fungal kingdom comprises some of the most devastating plant pathogens. Sequencing
the genomes of fungal pathogens has shown a remarkable variability in genome size and …

Engineered gene drives—the process of stimulating the biased inheritance of specific genes—
have the potential to enable the spread of desirable genes throughout wild populations or to …

Peatlands are crucial sinks for atmospheric carbon but are critically threatened due to
warming climates. Sphagnum (peat moss) species are keystone members of peatland …

Sex is prevalent in nature and sex determination is one of the most fundamental biological
processes, while the way of initiating female and male development exhibits remarkable …

An unusual supernumerary chromosome has been reported for two related avian species,
the zebra and Bengalese finches. This large, germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is …

Genome stability is a crucial feature of eukaryotic organisms because its alteration
drastically affects the normal development and survival of cells and the organism as a …

The ability to generate haploids and subsequently induce chromosome doubling
significantly accelerates the crop breeding process. Haploids have been induced through …

B chromosomes are supernumerary chromosomes which are often preferentially inherited,
deviating from usual Mendelian segregation. The balance between the so-called …

Chromosome and genome stability are important for normal cell function as instability often
correlates with disease and dysfunction of DNA repair mechanisms. Many organisms …