Perkins 1 and Whitehouse 2 have shown how chromosome centromeres can be mapped by the analysis of unordered tetrads of spores (or gametes), provided segregation is occurring at three unlinked loci.

In our daily lives, many biological processes fluctuate in rhythm, from our sleep cycles to cellular activities. However, much of modern omics research, which looks at genes, proteins, and metabolites ...

IN many fungi, such as most of the Ascomycetes and Ustilaginales, the products of meiosis are arranged regularly in a linear order, and by examining them or by isolating them in order, it is possible ...