Satellite DNA: an evolving topic

MA Garrido-Ramos - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Satellite DNA represents one of the most fascinating parts of the repetitive fraction of the
eukaryotic genome. Since the discovery of highly repetitive tandem DNA in the 1960s, a lot …

Satellite DNA evolution: old ideas, new approaches

SS Lower, MP McGurk, AG Clark… - Current opinion in genetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
A substantial portion of the genomes of most multicellular eukaryotes consists of large arrays
of tandemly repeated sequence, collectively called satellite DNA. The processes generating …

Decoding the role of satellite DNA in genome architecture and plasticity—An evolutionary and clinical affair

S Louzada, M Lopes, D Ferreira, F Adega, A Escudeiro… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Repetitive DNA is a major organizational component of eukaryotic genomes, being
intrinsically related with their architecture and evolution. Tandemly repeated satellite DNAs …

Universal fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) protocol for map** repetitive DNAs in insects and other arthropods

DC Cabral-de-Mello, F Marec - Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2021 - Springer
Repetitive DNAs comprise large portion of eukaryote genomes. In genome projects, the
assembly of repetitive DNAs is challenging due to the similarity between repeats, which …

The role of satellite DNAs in genome architecture and sex chromosome evolution in Crambidae moths

DC Cabral-de-Mello, M Zrzava, S Kubíčková… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tandem repeats are important parts of eukaryotic genomes being crucial eg, for centromere
and telomere function and chromatin modulation. In Lepidoptera, knowledge of tandem …

Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads

V Peona, VE Kutschera, MPK Blom… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite DNA (satDNA) is a fast‐evolving portion of eukaryotic genomes. The homogeneous
and repetitive nature of such satDNA causes problems during the assembly of genomes …

Analysis in Proceratophrys boiei genome illuminates the satellite DNA content in a frog from the Brazilian Atlantic forest

M João Da Silva, T Gazoni, CFB Haddad… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are one of the most abundant elements in genomes.
Characterized as tandemly organized sequences that can be amplified into multiple copies …

Comparative analysis of morabine grasshopper genomes reveals highly abundant transposable elements and rapidly proliferating satellite DNA repeats

OM Palacios-Gimenez, J Koelman, M Palmada-Flores… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Repetitive DNA sequences, including transposable elements (TEs) and
tandemly repeated satellite DNA (satDNAs), collectively called the “repeatome”, are found in …

High dynamism for neo-sex chromosomes: satellite DNAs reveal complex evolution in a grasshopper

ABSM Ferretti, D Milani, OM Palacios-Gimenez… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
A common characteristic of sex chromosomes is the accumulation of repetitive DNA, which
accounts for their diversification and degeneration. In grasshoppers, the X0 sex-determining …

A long-term conserved satellite DNA that remains unexpanded in several genomes of Characiformes fish is actively transcribed

RZ Dos Santos, RM Calegari… - Genome biology and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic genomes contain large amounts of repetitive DNA sequences, such as tandemly
repeated satellite DNAs (satDNAs). These sequences are highly dynamic and tend to be …