Genome Biology

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Paper report

Identifying plant centromeres

Todd Richmond

  • Correspondence: Todd Richmond

Genome Biology 2000, 1:reports039 doi:10.1186/gb-2000-1-1-reports039

Published: 9 June 2000

Abstract

Clever use of a mutation that allows tetrad analysis in a higher plant has enabled researchers to map the centromeres of Arabidopsis genetically with high precision.