Diatom Centromeres Suggest a Novel Mechanism for Nuclear Gene Acquisition
Rachel E. Diner, Chari M. Noddings, Nathan C. Lian, Anthony K. Kang, Jeffrey B. McQuaid, Jelena Jablanovic, Josh L. Espinoza, Ngocquynh A. Nguyen, Miguel A. Anzelmatti, Jakob Jansson, Vincent A. Bielinski, Bogumil Jacek Karas, Christopher L. Dupont, Andrew Ellis Allen, Philip D. Weyman
The paper identifies diatom centromeres and shows that non-native DNA sequences can function as centromeres, suggesting a mechanism for foreign DNA acquisition.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 3, 2017Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology