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Kylie Zaffina

University of Pittsburgh

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Evolution and instability of human centromeres are accelerated by heterochromatin boundary loss and CENP-A overexpression

Megan A. Mahlke, Angela Enriquez, Lior Lumerman, Poulomi Nath, Cy Chittenden, Savannah J. Hoyt, Jonas Koeppel, Yuan Xu, Rebecca Raphael, Kylie Zaffina, Paul W. Hook, Winston Timp, Karen H. Miga, Peter J. Campbell, Rachel J. O’Neill, , Yael Nechemia‐Arbely

The paper shows that human centromeres and neocentromeres evolve epigenetically, with instability linked to loss of heterochromatin boundaries and CENP-A overexpression.

Cell Reports · Aug 1, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology