Major effect loci controlling natural, heritable variation in telomere length are not known. Here, the authors use QTL mapping and transgenic manipulations in Arabidopsis to implicate the rRNA-processing genes NOP2A and RPL5 in telomere length set point regulation in this model species.
- Liliia R. Abdulkina
- Callie Kobayashi
- Eugene V. Shakirov
