GenomicsPLoS BiologyPeer-reviewed
Islands of retroelements are the major components of Drosophila centromeres
Ching-Ho Chang, Ankita Chavan, Jason Palladino…·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.
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