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Alpha satellite insertion close to an ancestral centromeric region.

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Published in 2021 at "Molecular biology and evolution"

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab244

Abstract: Human centromeres are mainly composed of alpha satellite DNA hierarchically organized as higher-order repeats (HORs). Alpha satellite dynamics is shown by sequence homogenization in centromeric arrays and by its transfer to other centromeric locations, for… read more here.

Keywords: satellite insertion; alpha satellite; close ancestral; insertion ... See more keywords