Alpha satellite insertion close to an ancestral centromeric region
Giuliana Giannuzzi, Glennis A. Logsdon, Nicolas Chatron, Danny E. Miller, Julie Reversat, Katherine M. Munson, Kendra Hoekzema, Marie‐Noëlle Bonnet‐Dupeyron, Pierre‐Antoine Rollat‐Farnier, Carl A. Baker, Damien Sanlaville, Evan E. Eichler, Caroline Schluth‐Bolard, Alexandre Reymond
The paper reports a de novo alpha satellite DNA insertion near an ancestral centromere, showing it lacks centromeric functionality and does not disrupt genes or methylation.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Aug 13, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics