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Ankita Chavan

ETH Zurich

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1

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Meiotic pairing through barcode-like satellite DNA repeats

Lena Skrutl, Ankita Chavan, Anna Sintsova, Ilaria Ceppi, Corin Ropp, Shinichi Sunagawa, Petr Ćejka, Madhav Jagannathan

The paper demonstrates that satellite DNA barcodes facilitate meiotic pairing in Drosophila by showing that repeat mismatches disrupt pairing and that pairing defects correlate with oocyte death.

Nature Communications · Jun 16, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetics

Genome organization regulates nuclear pore complex formation and promotes differentiation during Drosophila oogenesis

Noor M. Kotb, Gulay Bengu Ulukaya, Ankita Chavan, Son C. Nguyen, Lydia Proskauer, Eric F. Joyce, Dan Hasson, Madhav Jagannathan, Prashanth Rangan

The paper shows that genome organization influences NPC formation and differentiation in Drosophila oogenesis by regulating gene silencing and Nup activation.

bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2023 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Islands of retroelements are the major components of Drosophila centromeres

Ching-Ho Chang, Ankita Chavan, Jason Palladino, Xiaolu Wei, Nuno M. C. Martins, Bryce Santinello, Chin-Chi Chen, Jelena Erceg, Brian J. Beliveau, Chao-ting Wu, Amanda M. Larracuente, Barbara G. Mellone

The paper identifies the sequence composition of Drosophila melanogaster centromeres, showing they are composed of retroelement islands flanked by satellite repeats, with G2/Jockey-3 being the most enriched retroelement.

PLoS Biology · May 14, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics