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Centromere Variability

Centromere Variability is a biological construct that denotes the degree of structural and sequence divergence observed in centromeric regions across individuals, species, or cell lineages, distinguished by its role in influencing chromosomal stability, kinetochore assembly fidelity, and evolutionary dynamics of genome architecture.

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Comparative analysis of tandem repeats from hundreds of species reveals unique insights into centromere evolution

Daniël P. Melters, Keith Bradnam, Hugh A. Young et al. · Genome biology · 2013 · 584 citations · Full text

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Functional Rice Centromeres Are Marked by a Satellite Repeat and a Centromere-Specific Retrotransposon

Zhukuan Cheng, Fenggao Dong, Tim Langdon et al. · The Plant Cell · 2002 · 457 citations · Full text

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Position effect variegation at fission yeast centromeres

Robin C. Allshire, Jean‐Paul Javerzat, Nicola J. Redhead et al. · Cell · 1994 · 342 citations

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The variation and evolution of complete human centromeres

Glennis A. Logsdon, Allison N. Rozanski, Fedor Ryabov et al. · Nature · 2024 · 179 citations · Full text

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Recombination, rearrangement, reshuffling, and divergence in a centromeric region of rice

Jianxin Ma, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 133 citations

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  1. MR
    Mikko Rautiainen

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    4 publications · 313 citations

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  2. AM
    Adam M. Phillippy

    National Human Genome Research Institute, United States

    4 publications · 313 citations

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  3. KM
    Katherine M. Munson

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 313 citations

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  4. GA
    Glennis A. Logsdon

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 313 citations

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  5. DP
    David Porubskỳ

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 313 citations

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    519 citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    5 h-index

    32 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    690 citations

  5. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  6. National Human Genome Research Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  7. Stowers Institute for Medical Research

    Kansas City, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    758 citations

  8. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    285 citations

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  1. Chromosoma

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  2. Genome Research

    GR · 3 publications · 181 citations

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  3. Genome biology

    3 publications · 676 citations

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  4. Genetics

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  5. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

    Repository · 2 publications · 55 citations

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