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