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Satellite DNA shapes dictate pericentromere packaging in female meiosis

Satellite DNA shapes dictate pericentromere packaging in female meiosis

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08374-0

Divergent satellite DNA shapes influence architectural protein binding and chromatin organization in two mouse species so that the satellites can be packaged and centromere function maintained, mitigating the evolutionary cost of satellite DNA expansion.

Author Of article : Ben E. Black

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