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Brandon L. Fagen

Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchORCID 0009-0004-1045-9285Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:yeast· 1

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Jennifer L. GertoniD· 2 shared Adam M. PhillippyiD· 1 shared Alexandria J. CockrelliD· 1 shared Alice YoungiD· 1 shared Andrea GuarracinoiD· 1 shared Andrew Price· 1 shared Arang RhieiD· 1 shared Brandon D. PickettiD· 1 shared

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Pericentromeric repeat copy number tunes heterochromatin dosage to control chromosome segregation and gene expression in fission yeast

Sarah E. Gilmour, Brandon L. Fagen, Devika Salim, María Angélica Bravo Núñez, Jeffrey J. Lange, Christopher Wood, Andrew Price, Michael T. Eickbush, R. Blake Billmyre, Alexandria J. Cockrell, Scott McCroskey, Martin Searcy, Kobe Koren, Luis Felipe Ramirez-Sanchez, Jennifer L. Gerton, Sarah E. Zanders

The paper investigates how pericentromeric repeat copy number affects chromosome segregation and gene expression in fission yeast by analyzing natural variation and engineered strains.

bioRxiv · May 12, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

The formation and propagation of human Robertsonian chromosomes

Leonardo Gomes de Lima, Andrea Guarracino, Sergey Koren, Tamara Potapova, Sean McKinney, Arang Rhie, Steven J. Solar, Chris W. Seidel, Brandon L. Fagen, Brian P. Walenz, Gerard G. Bouffard, Shelise Y. Brooks, Michael Peterson, Kate Hall, Juyun Crawford, , Jennifer L. Gerton

This study assembles human Robertsonian chromosomes, identifies a common breakpoint and centromere epigenetic changes, and explores structural features enabling their formation.

Nature · Sep 24, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics