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The paracentric inversion In(2Rh)PL alters the centromeric organization of chromosome 2 in Drosophila melanogaster.
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jan 2009
Chlamydas Sarantis, Heun Patrick, Dimitri Patrizio, Moschetti Roberta, Barsanti Paolo, Caizzi Ruggiero
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Centromeres are complex structures involved in an evolutionarily conserved function, the correct segregation of chromosomes and chromatids during meiosis and mitosis. The centromere is determined by epigenetic processes that result in a particular nucleosome organization (CEN chromatin) that diff...
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