Sequence, chromatin and evolution of satellite DNA

J Thakur, J Packiaraj, S Henikoff - International journal of molecular …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Satellite DNA consists of abundant tandem repeats that play important roles in cellular
processes, including chromosome segregation, genome organization and chromosome end …

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 …

A complete telomere-to-telomere assembly of the maize genome

J Chen, Z Wang, K Tan, W Huang, J Shi, T Li, J Hu… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
A complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) finished genome has been the long pursuit of
genomic research. Through generating deep coverage ultralong Oxford Nanopore …

Demography and its effects on genomic variation in crop domestication

BS Gaut, DK Seymour, Q Liu, Y Zhou - Nature plants, 2018‏ - nature.com
Over two thousand plant species have been modified morphologically through cultivation
and human use. Here, we review three aspects of crop domestication that are currently …

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 …

De novo reconstruction of satellite repeat units from sequence data

Y Zhang, J Chu, H Cheng, H Li - Genome research, 2023‏ - genome.cshlp.org
Satellite DNA are long tandemly repeating sequences in a genome and may be organized
as high-order repeats (HORs). They are enriched in centromeres and are challenging to …

Islands of retroelements are major components of Drosophila centromeres

CH Chang, A Chavan, J Palladino, X Wei… - PLoS …, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Centromeres are essential chromosomal regions that mediate kinetochore assembly and
spindle attachments during cell division. Despite their functional conservation, centromeres …

Variation and evolution of human centromeres: a field guide and perspective

KH Miga, IA Alexandrov - Annual review of genetics, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
We are entering a new era in genomics where entire centromeric regions are accurately
represented in human reference assemblies. Access to these high-resolution maps will …

[HTML][HTML] Principles and functions of pericentromeric satellite DNA clustering into chromocenters

F Brändle, B Frühbauer, M Jagannathan - Seminars in cell & …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Simple non-coding tandem repeats known as satellite DNA are observed widely across
eukaryotes. These repeats occupy vast regions at the centromere and pericentromere of …

Y and W chromosome assemblies: approaches and discoveries

M Tomaszkiewicz, P Medvedev, KD Makova - Trends in genetics, 2017‏ - cell.com
Hundreds of vertebrate genomes have been sequenced and assembled to date. However,
most sequencing projects have ignored the sex chromosomes unique to the heterogametic …