André Marques

amarques.bsky.social

18 September 2026 12:29

Out today in Nature: sex without crossovers. Rhynchospora tenuis makes pollen, fertilises and sets seed, yet 0 crossovers in 10,997 pollen nuclei. Chromosome drive and ~87% seed abortion rebuild the mother's genotype, so the offspring are clones. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Boas Pucker

bpucker.bsky.social

07 September 2026 09:58

Arrived @ruhr-uni-bochum.de for the @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social Botanik-Tagung 2026. Looking forward to inspiring discussions and a great time in Bochum with @puckerlab.bsky.social #BT2026 #PlantSciences

Boas Pucker

bpucker.bsky.social

07 September 2026 09:58

Integrative Approaches in Phylogenomics & Biodiversity Research is starting at #Botanik-Tagung2026 #BT2026

WGDip

wgdip.bsky.social

07 September 2026 08:19

1 week to go until the International Polyploidy Conference! 🎉 The #WGDip team is heading to the Netherlands with a full lineup of speakers & presenters. We are excited for a great week of polyploidy science. 🧪 See you all there 👋 #IPC2026 www.pe-rc.nl/events/inter...

Ian Henderson

hendersi.bsky.social

27 July 2026 04:47

CRISPR-mediated centromere fission generates neochromosomes with distorted meiotic inheritance in Arabidopsis biorxiv.org/content/10.6... new preprint from us - includes changing the Arabidopsis karyotype from 5 -> 6 chromosomes using Cas9 & outcomes of 5/6 chromosome hybrid meiosis