Turnover of retroelements and satellite DNA drives centromere reorganizationover short evolutionary timescales in Drosophila
C. Courret, L. Hemmer, X. Wei, P. D. Patel, B. Chabot, N. J. Fuda, X. Geng, C.-H. Chang, B. Mellone, A. M. Larracuente
The paper investigates centromere reorganization in Drosophila species, finding rapid turnover of retroelements and satellite DNA over short evolutionary timescales.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2023Evolutionary Biology