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SUBMITTER: Huang YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024525 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Yu-Ching YC Lee Chih-Chi CC Kao Chia-Yi CY Chang Ni-Chen NC Lin Chung-Chi CC Shoemaker DeWayne D Wang John J
BMC evolutionary biology 20160915
<h4>Background</h4>Centromeres are essential for accurate chromosome segregation, yet sequence conservation is low even among closely related species. Centromere drive predicts rapid turnover because some centromeric sequences may compete better than others during female meiosis. In addition to sequence composition, longer centromeres may have a transmission advantage.<h4>Results</h4>We report the first observations of extremely long centromeres, covering on average 34 % of the chromosomes, in t ...[more]