Holocentric chromosomes: convergent evolution, meiotic adaptations, and genomic analysis

An inverse relationship to germline transcription defines centromeric chromatin in C. elegans

(2012) Reto Gassmann et al.   NATURE

Evidence for Centromere Drive in the Holocentric Chromosomes of Caenorhabditis

(2012) František Zedek et al.   PLoS One

Holocentric Chromosomes of Luzula elegans Are Characterized by a Longitudinal Centromere Groove, Chromosome Bending, and a Terminal Nucleolus Organizer Region

(2011) S. Heckmann et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Toxoplasma gondiisequesters centromeres to a specific nuclear region throughout the cell cycle

(2011) Carrie F. Brooks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TAL Effectors: Customizable Proteins for DNA Targeting

(2011) A. J. Bogdanove et al.   SCIENCE

Meiosis-Specific Loading of the Centromere-Specific Histone CENH3 in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Maruthachalam Ravi et al.   PLoS Genetics

Epigenomics of centromere assembly and function

(2010) Kaitlin M Stimpson et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Neocentrics and Holokinetics (Holocentrics): Chromosomes out of the Centromeric Rules

(2010) M. Guerra et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Coordinating cohesion, co-orientation, and congression during meiosis: lessons from holocentric chromosomes

(2010) M. Schvarzstein et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Genome-wide characterization of centromeric satellites from multiple mammalian genomes

(2010) C. Alkan et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

CYTOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND ORIGIN OF THE ANEUPLOID SERIES IN THE GENUS CAREX

(2010) ELIZABETH W. DAVIES   HEREDITAS

Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences

(2010) Jerome C. Regier et al.   NATURE

A kinetochore-independent mechanism drives anaphase chromosome separation during acentrosomal meiosis

(2010) Julien Dumont et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamics of a novel centromeric histone variant CenH3 reveals the evolutionary ancestral timing of centromere biogenesis

(2010) Manu Dubin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Major Evolutionary Transitions in Centromere Complexity

(2009) Harmit S. Malik et al.   CELL

The position of repetitive DNA sequence in the southern cattle tick genome permits chromosome identification

(2009) Catherine A. Hill et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Complex meiotic configuration of the holocentric chromosomes: the intriguing case of the scorpion Tityus bahiensis

(2009) Marielle Cristina Schneider et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Micromanipulation reveals an XO-XX sex determining system in the orb-weaving spiderNeoscona arabesca(Walckenaer)

(2009) RYAN N. DOAN et al.   HEREDITAS

Episodes in insect evolution

(2009) T. J. Bradley et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Lateral microtubule bundles promote chromosome alignment during acentrosomal oocyte meiosis

(2009) Sarah M. Wignall et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Spermatogenesis-Specific Features of the Meiotic Program in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2009) Diane C. Shakes et al.   PLoS Genetics