Results prove that inversions can be generated in plants without causing further unwanted changes in the expression of genetic information.

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK ...

Plants like Arabidopsis, seen here, have two options to ensure accurate chromosome division—a molecule called DDM1 and a process known as RNAi. If Arabidopsis loses one of these, it’s fine.

Hua Jiang, head of IPK's independent research group "Applied Chromosome Biology ... the nuclear matrix represses hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Nature Communications (2024).

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK Leibniz Institute (IPK) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

The centromere of chromosomes plays a crucial role in cell division. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana ... Inna Lermontova, head of IPK's research group "Kinetochore Biology." ...

Hua Jiang, head of IPK's independent research group "Applied Chromosome Biology" The research ... matrix represses hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Communications.

On the left, a young Arabidopsis plant is shown ... In the center of the root meristem, a small group of cells called the quiescent center (blue) are surrounded by stem cells (red), whose ...