What is behind “centromere repositioning”?

A Kinesin-14 Motor Activates Neocentromeres to Promote Meiotic Drive in Maize

(2018) R. Kelly Dawe et al.   CELL

Deletion-bias in DNA double-strand break repair differentially contributes to plant genome shrinkage

(2017) Giang T. H. Vu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Epigenetic origin of evolutionary novel centromeres

(2017) Doron Tolomeo et al.   Scientific Reports

Centromere repositioning explains fundamental number variability in the New World monkey genus Saimiri

(2016) Giorgia Chiatante et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Human centromere repositioning within euchromatin after partial chromosome deletion

(2016) Lori L. Sullivan et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Inbreeding drives maize centromere evolution

(2016) Kevin L. Schneider et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sequential de novo centromere formation and inactivation on a chromosomal fragment in maize

(2015) Yalin Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Loading of the centromeric histone H3 variant during meiosis–how does it differ from mitosis?

(2014) Veit Schubert et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Boom-Bust Turnovers of Megabase-Sized Centromeric DNA in Solanum Species: Rapid Evolution of DNA Sequences Associated with Centromeres

(2014) H. Zhang et al.   PLANT CELL

Repair of Site-Specific DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Barley Occurs via Diverse Pathways Primarily Involving the Sister Chromatid

(2014) G. T. H. Vu et al.   PLANT CELL

De novo generation of plant centromeres at tandem repeats

(2013) Chee How Teo et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Chromosome Engineering Allows the Efficient Isolation of Vertebrate Neocentromeres

(2013) Wei-Hao Shang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Efficient neocentromere formation is suppressed by gene conversion to maintain centromere function at native physical chromosomal loci in Candida albicans

(2013) J. Thakur et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Maize centromeres expand and adopt a uniform size in the genetic background of oat

(2013) K. Wang et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

De novo centromere formation on a chromosome fragment in maize

(2013) S. Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neocentromeres: a place for everything and everything in its place

(2013) Kristin C. Scott et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Repeatless and Repeat-Based Centromeres in Potato: Implications for Centromere Evolution

(2012) Z. Gong et al.   PLANT CELL

Formation of novel CENP-A domains on tandem repetitive DNA and across chromosome breakpoints on human chromosome 8q21 neocentromeres

(2011) Dan Hasson et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Centromere repositioning in mammals

(2011) M Rocchi et al.   HEREDITY

Interpretation of karyotype evolution should consider chromosome structural constraints

(2011) Ingo Schubert et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Epigenetic centromere specification directs aurora B accumulation but is insufficient to efficiently correct mitotic errors

(2010) Emily A. Bassett et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.

(2009) Sanwen Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Reactivation of an Inactive Centromere Reveals Epigenetic and Structural Components for Centromere Specification in Maize

(2009) F. Han et al.   PLANT CELL

Centromere repositioning in cucurbit species: Implication of the genomic impact from centromere activation and inactivation

(2009) Y. Han et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Double-strand DNA breaks recruit the centromeric histone CENP-A

(2009) S. G. Zeitlin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neocentromeres Form Efficiently at Multiple Possible Loci in Candida albicans

(2009) Carrie Ketel et al.   PLoS Genetics

Neocentromeres: New Insights into Centromere Structure, Disease Development, and Karyotype Evolution

(2008) Owen J. Marshall et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Heterochromatin Integrity Affects Chromosome Reorganization After Centromere Dysfunction

(2008) K. Ishii et al.   SCIENCE