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SUBMITTER: Schubert V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7278974 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schubert Veit V Neumann Pavel P Marques André A Heckmann Stefan S Macas Jiri J Pedrosa-Harand Andrea A Schubert Ingo I Jang Tae-Soo TS Houben Andreas A
International journal of molecular sciences 20200515 10
Centromeres are essential for proper chromosome segregation to the daughter cells during mitosis and meiosis. Chromosomes of most eukaryotes studied so far have regional centromeres that form primary constrictions on metaphase chromosomes. These monocentric chromosomes vary from point centromeres to so-called "meta-polycentromeres", with multiple centromere domains in an extended primary constriction, as identified in <i>Pisum</i> and <i>Lathyrus</i> species. However, in various animal and plant ...[more]