Newly found centromere organization (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research

Newly found centromere organization

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The newly found centromere organization show that only a few monocentromere-like units can form a line-like holocentromere at metaphase and organize into clusters at interphase. The genome organization in the Chionographis plant possesses characteristics of both monocentric and holocentric species.

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IPK Leibniz Institute

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