Stable centromere positioning in diverse sequence contexts of complex and satellite centromeres of maize and wild relatives

Stable centromere positioning in diverse sequence contexts of complex and satellite centromeres of maize and wild relatives

Abstract Background Paradoxically, centromeres are known both for their characteristic repeat sequences (satellite DNA) and for being epigenetically defined. Maize (Zea mays mays) is an attractive model for studying centromere positioning because many of its large (~2 Mb) centromeres are not dominat...

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Main Authors: Jonathan I. Gent, Na Wang, R. Kelly Dawe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Genome Biology
Subjects:
Centromere drift
Centromere stability
Satellite DNA
CentC
ChIP
CENP-A
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-017-1249-4

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