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Caught in the Act: Live-Cell Imaging of Plant Meiosis

21 December 2021, by Website Team Biologie

meiosis-specific and non-meiosis-specific plant proteins

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Meiotic localization patterns of meiosis-specific and non-meiosis-specific plant proteins reported to date (image detail)

Live-cell imaging is a powerful method to obtain insights into cellular processes,particularily with respect to their dynamics. This is especially true for meiosis, where chromosomes and othr cellular components such as the cytoskeleton follow an elaborated choreography over a relatively short peroid of time. Making these dynamics visible expands understanding of the regulation of meiosis and its underlying forces.

Recent advances in live-cell imaging now allow the analysis of meiotic events in plants in real time.

In this review, we combine an overview of the technical aspects of live-cell imaging in plants with a summary of outstanding questions that can now be addressed to promote live-cell imaging in Arabidopsis and other plant species and stimulate ideas on the topics that can be addressed in the context of plant meiotic recombination.

Prusicki MA, Balboni M, Sofroni K, Hamamura Y and Schnittger A (2021) Caught in the Act: Live-Cell Imaging of Plant Meiosis. Front. Plant Sci. 12:718346. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.718346

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