Carolyn R. Milano

The paper identifies a distinct mode of meiotic chromosome synapsis that occurs independently of homology and is regulated by ATR/Mec1 and Zip1 phosphorylation.

The paper identifies a conserved protein interaction between axis core proteins and cohesin complexes in fungi and plants, revealing a mechanism for meiotic chromosome architecture.

The paper identifies two pathways for meiotic chromosome axis assembly in yeast, showing cohesin-dependent and cohesin-independent mechanisms recruit axis proteins to genomic regions with high gene density.

This paper shows that a mutation in the endonuclease domain of MLH3 in mice disrupts crossover formation during meiosis but allows partial CO generation compared to a full null mutation.

This study shows that a functional MutSγ complex is required for all crossovers in mammalian meiosis, even though class II crossovers were thought to be MutSγ-independent.