Dynamic turnover of centromeres drives karyotype evolution in Drosophila

Centromeres are the basic unit for chromosome inheritance, but their evolutionary dynamics is poorly understood. We generate high-quality reference genomes for multiple Drosophila obscura group species to reconstruct karyotype evolution. All chromosomes in this lineage were ancestrally telocentric a...

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Main Authors: Ryan Bracewell, Kamalakar Chatla, Matthew J Nalley, Doris Bachtrog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/49002