Centromeric origin of megabase-scale Arabidopsis interstitial telomeric repeat domains
Ivona Biocanin, Alejandro Edera, Clotilde Garrido, Adrien Vidal, Delphine Dardalhon-Cuménal, Robin Burns, Katrin Fritschi, Jiřı́ Fajkus, Detlef Weigel, Fernando A. Rabanal, Clara Bourbousse, Ian R. Henderson, Zhou Xu, Leandro Quadrana, Fredy Barnèche
The paper identifies centromeres as a source of telomeric sequences in Arabidopsis, showing ITR domains arise from centromeres through amplification and adopt a distinct chromatin state.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2026 · PreprintGenomics