De Novo Centromere Formation and Centromeric Sequence Expansion in Wheat and its Wide Hybrids.

Centromeres typically contain tandem repeat sequences, but centromere function does not necessarily depend on these sequences. We identified functional centromeres with significant quantitative changes in the centromeric retrotransposons of wheat (CRW) contents in wheat aneuploids (Triticum aestivum...

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Main Authors: Xiang Guo, Handong Su, Qinghua Shi, Shulan Fu, Jing Wang, Xiangqi Zhang, Zanmin Hu, Fangpu Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4844185?pdf=render