Centromeres: From chromosome biology to biotechnology applications and synthetic genomes in plants

J Zhou, Y Liu, X Guo, JA Birchler… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Centromeres are the genomic regions that organize and regulate chromosome behaviours
during cell cycle, and their variations are associated with genome instability, karyotype …

Rewiring meiosis for crop improvement

P Kuo, O Da Ines, C Lambing - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Meiosis is a specialized cell division that contributes to halve the genome content and
reshuffle allelic combinations between generations in sexually reproducing eukaryotes …

Functional monocentricity with holocentric characteristics and chromosome-specific centromeres in a stick insect

W Toubiana, Z Dumas, PT Van, DJ Parker, V Mérel… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Centromeres are essential for chromosome segregation in eukaryotes, yet their specification
is unexpectedly diverse among species and can involve major transitions such as those …

The Centromere Histone Is Conserved and Associated with Tandem Repeats Sharing a Conserved 19-bp Box in the Holocentromere of Meloidogyne Nematodes

E Despot-Slade, B Mravinac, S Širca… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Although centromeres have conserved function, centromere-specific histone H3 (CenH3)
and centromeric DNA evolve rapidly. The centromere drive model explains this …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission of chromatin states across generations in C. elegans

I Özdemir, FA Steiner - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Epigenetic inheritance refers to the transmission of phenotypes across generations without
affecting the genomic DNA sequence. Even though it has been documented in many …

Transgenerational inheritance of centromere identity requires the CENP-A N-terminal tail in the C. elegans maternal germ line

RF Prosée, JM Wenda, I Özdemir, C Gabus… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Centromere protein A (CENP-A) is a histone H3 variant that defines centromeric chromatin
and is essential for centromere function. In most eukaryotes, CENP-A-containing chromatin …

Integrated bioinformatics combined with machine learning to analyze shared biomarkers and pathways in psoriasis and cervical squamous cell carcinoma

L Liu, P Yin, R Yang, G Zhang, C Wu, Y Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Psoriasis extends beyond its dermatological inflammatory manifestations,
encompassing systemic inflammation. Existing studies have indicated a potential risk of …

Transcriptomic Analysis on the Effects of Altered Water Temperature Regime on the Fish Ovarian Development of Coreius guichenoti under the Impact of River …

T Li, Q Chen, Q Zhang, T Feng, J Zhang, Y Lin, P Yang… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The reproductive processes of fish are known to be sensitive to water
temperatures. However, the mechanism by which altered water temperature by river …

Histone H3 methylation and autosomal vs. sex chromosome segregation during male meiosis in Heteroptera

MA Toscani, MI Pigozzi, AG Papeschi… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Heteropteran insects exhibit a remarkable diversity of meiotic processes, including
coexistence of different chromosomes types with different behavior during the first meiotic …

Cytogenetic Analysis of Satellitome of Madagascar Leaf-Tailed Geckos

A Yurchenko, T Pšenička, P Mora, JAM Ortega… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Satellite DNA (satDNA) consists of sequences of DNA that form tandem repetitions across
the genome, and it is notorious for its diversity and fast evolutionary rate. Despite its …