Centromere drive: chromatin conflict in meiosis

The genetics and epigenetics of satellite centromeres

(2022) Paul B. Talbert et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Structure of the human inner kinetochore CCAN complex and its significance for human centromere organization

(2022) Marion E. Pesenti et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

CENP-B-mediated DNA loops regulate activity and stability of human centromeres

(2022) Florian Chardon et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

CENP-N promotes the compaction of centromeric chromatin

(2022) Keda Zhou et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres

(2022) Nicolas Altemose et al.   SCIENCE

Epigenetic patterns in a complete human genome

(2022) Ariel Gershman et al.   SCIENCE

Structure of the human inner kinetochore bound to a centromeric CENP-A nucleosome

(2022) Stanislau Yatskevich et al.   SCIENCE

A classical revival: Human satellite DNAs enter the genomics era

(2022) Nicolas Altemose   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

SWAP, SWITCH, and STABILIZE: Mechanisms of Kinetochore–Microtubule Error Correction

(2022) Tomoyuki U. Tanaka et al.   Cells

Centromere drive: model systems and experimental progress

(2022) Damian Dudka et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Molecular conflicts disrupting centromere maintenance contribute to Xenopus hybrid inviability

(2022) Maiko Kitaoka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Recurrent Plant-Specific Duplications of KNL2 and its Conserved Function as a Kinetochore Assembly Factor

(2022) Sheng Zuo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Supergene potential of a selfish centromere

(2022) Findley Finseth et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Selfish centromeres and the wastefulness of human reproduction

(2022) Laurence D. Hurst   PLOS BIOLOGY

The evolutionary history of human spindle genes includes back-and-forth gene flow with Neandertals

(2022) Stéphane Peyrégne et al.   eLife

Haploid induction by nanobody-targeted ubiquitin-proteasome-based degradation of EYFP-tagged CENH3 in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2022) Dmitri Demidov et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Cryo‐EM structure of the CENP‐A nucleosome in complex with phosphorylated CENP‐C

(2021) Mariko Ariyoshi et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The structure, function and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8

(2021) Glennis A. Logsdon et al.   NATURE

Selfish chromosomal drive shapes recent centromeric histone evolution in monkeyflowers

(2021) Findley R. Finseth et al.   PLoS Genetics

Gametic specialization of centromeric histone paralogs in Drosophila virilis

(2021) Lisa E Kursel et al.   Life Science Alliance

Genomic and Epigenetic Foundations of Neocentromere Formation

(2021) Evon M. DeBose-Scarlett et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Parallel pathways for recruiting effector proteins determine centromere drive and suppression

(2021) Tomohiro Kumon et al.   CELL

The genetic and epigenetic landscape of the Arabidopsis centromeres

(2021) Matthew Naish et al.   SCIENCE

Epigenetically mismatched parental centromeres trigger genome elimination in hybrids

(2021) Mohan P. A. Marimuthu et al.   Science Advances

Structural basis for centromere maintenance by Drosophila CENP ‐A chaperone CAL 1

(2020) Bethan Medina‐Pritchard et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

What makes a centromere?

(2020) Paul B. Talbert et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Ancient co-retention of paralogs of Cid centromeric histones and Cal1 chaperones in mosquito species

(2020) Lisa E Kursel et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Recurrent Losses and Rapid Evolution of the Condensin II Complex in Insects

(2019) Thomas D King et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Strategies of Meiotic Cheating by Selfish Centromeres

(2019) Takashi Akera et al.   CELL

The H3 histone chaperone NASP SIM 3 escorts CenH3 in Arabidopsis

(2019) Samuel Le Goff et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Concurrent Duplication of Drosophila Cid and Cenp-C Genes Resulted in Accelerated Evolution and Male Germline-Biased Expression of the New Copies

(2018) José R. Teixeira et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Recurrent Gene Duplication Leads to Diverse Repertoires of Centromeric Histones in Drosophila Species

(2017) Lisa E. Kursel et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

HJURP interaction with the condensin II complex during G1 promotes CENP-A deposition

(2017) Meghan C. Barnhart-Dailey et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Spindle asymmetry drives non-Mendelian chromosome segregation

(2017) Takashi Akera et al.   SCIENCE

Mitotic Mysteries: The Case of HP1

(2016) Jonathan M.G. Higgins et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

CenH3 evolution reflects meiotic symmetry as predicted by the centromere drive model

(2016) František Zedek et al.   Scientific Reports

DNA Sequence-Specific Binding of CENP-B Enhances the Fidelity of Human Centromere Function

(2015) Daniele Fachinetti et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Centromere-associated meiotic drive and female fitness variation inMimulus

(2015) Lila Fishman et al.   EVOLUTION

Widespread Recurrent Patterns of Rapid Repeat Evolution in the Kinetochore Scaffold KNL1

(2015) Eelco Tromer et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Divergence patterns of genic copy number variation in natural populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) reveal three conserved genes with major population-specific expansions

(2015) Željka Pezer et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Duplication and Adaptive Evolution of a Key Centromeric Protein inMimulus, a Genus with Female Meiotic Drive

(2015) Findley R. Finseth et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Widespread Positive Selection Drives Differentiation of Centromeric Proteins in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup

(2015) Emily A. Beck et al.   Scientific Reports

Naturally Occurring Differences in CENH3 Affect Chromosome Segregation in Zygotic Mitosis of Hybrids

(2015) Shamoni Maheshwari et al.   PLoS Genetics

Adaptive Evolution of CENP-A in Percid Fishes

(2015) Harriet Abbey et al.   Genes

Centromere Strength Provides the Cell Biological Basis for Meiotic Drive and Karyotype Evolution in Mice

(2014) Lukáš Chmátal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The genomic landscape of species divergence in Ficedula flycatchers

(2012) Hans Ellegren et al.   NATURE

Adaptive Evolution of Foundation Kinetochore Proteins in Primates

(2010) Mary G. Schueler et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Lineage-Specific Adaptive Evolution of the Centromeric Protein CENH3 in Diploid and Allotetraploid Oryza Species

(2009) C. D. Hirsch et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Recombination and Speciation: Loci Near Centromeres Are More Differentiated Than Loci Near Telomeres Between Subspecies of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

(2008) M. Carneiro et al.   GENETICS

Centromere-Associated Female Meiotic Drive Entails Male Fitness Costs in Monkeyflowers

(2008) L. Fishman et al.   SCIENCE