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Evolutionary innovations and genetic diversity in angiosperm centromeres.
Molecular plant - 2 Feb 2026
Huang Yuhong, Chen Chuanye, Wang Xin, Chen Yiqian, Zhou Jingwei, Zhang Jianwei, Lysak Martin A, Su Handong
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Centromeres are indispensable for accurate chromosome segregation, but are subject to rapid sequence turnover while maintaining conserved functions--a paradox in genome evolution. To unravel this paradox, we integrated over 400 fully resolved centromeres from 17 diploid angiosperms spanning 180 million years of divergence, along with 1,000+ pan-genomic assemblies, resequencing datasets, and congeneric...
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