Species	Reference gene ID	Possible function	Papers / DOI
Arabidopsis	At2g46980	Required for normal meiosis in male and female gametophytes.	Inter-homolog crossing-over and synapsis in Arabidopsis meiosis are dependent on the chromosome axis protein AtASY3.; 2012; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002507; PMID: 22319460; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22319460/
Rice	Os10g0405500	Plays a crucial role in homologous chromosome pairing and synapsis in meiosis.	Mutation of the rice gene PAIR3 results in lack of bivalent formation in meiosis.; 2009; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03870.x; PMID: 19392701; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19392701/ | PAIR3, an axis-associated protein, is essential for the recruitment of recombination elements onto meiotic chromosomes in rice.; 2011; DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-08-0667; PMID: 21119003; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21119003/