B chromosomes are supernumerary chromosomes which are often preferentially inherited,
deviating from usual Mendelian segregation. The balance between the so-called …

Supernumerary B chromosomes (Bs) are extra karyotype units in addition to A
chromosomes, and are found in some fungi and thousands of animals and plant species. Bs …

Sturgeons seem to be frozen in time. The archaic characteristics of this ancient fish lineage
place it in a key phylogenetic position at the base of the~ 30,000 modern teleost fish …

The columbine genus Aquilegia is a classic example of an adaptive radiation, involving a
wide variety of pollinators and habitats. Here we present the genome assembly of A …

We present here B-chrom (www. bchrom. csic. es), an online database with comprehensive
information on B chromosomes (Bs) for plants, animals and fungi. Data have been extracted …

B chromosomes are supernumerary elements found in several groups of eukaryotes,
including fungi, plants, and animals. Typically, these chromosomes either originate from …

Accessory, supernumerary, or—most simply—B chromosomes, are found in many
eukaryotic karyotypes. These small chromosomes do not follow the usual pattern of …

The study of B chromosomes (Bs) started more than a century ago, while their presence in
mammals dates since 1965. As the past two decades have seen huge progress in …

B chromosomes (Bs) are supernumerary elements found in many taxonomic groups. Most B
chromosomes are rich in heterochromatin and composed of abundant repetitive sequences …

Meiosis is a key cellular process of sexual reproduction that includes pairing of homologous
sequences. In many species however, meiosis can also involve the segregation of …