
Keywords: knob
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Mixed knobs in corn cobsP. Lamelza and M. A. Lampson, Genes and Development, 34:1110-1112. 2020.![]() In this issue of Genes & Development, Swentowsky and colleagues (pp. 1239-1251) show that two types of knobs, those composed of 180-bp and TR1 sequences, recruit their own novel and divergent kinesin-14 family members to form neocentromeres. Keywords: chromosomal knobs, chromosome segregation, female meiotic drive, gene drive natural. meiotic drive, knob, mechanisms, meiosis, neocentromere |
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Distinct kinesin motors drive two types of maize neocentromeresK. W. Swentowsky, J. I. Gent, E. G. Lowry, V. Schubert, X. Ran, K. F. Tseng, A. E. Harkess, W. H. Qiu and R. K. Dawe, Genes and Development, 34:1239-1251. 2020.![]() Here we describe a second kinesin-14 gene, TR-1 kinesin (Trkin), that is required to mobilize neocentromeres made up of the minor tandem repeat TR-1. Keywords: chromosomal knobs, chromosome segregation, female meiotic drive, gene drive natural. meiotic drive, knob, mechanisms, meiosis, neocentromere |

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