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Centromeric retrotransposons and centromere function by Presting, Gernot G

“…The centromeric DNA of most multicellular eukaryotes consists of tandem repeats (TR) that bind centromere-specific proteins and act as a substrate for the…”
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Improved maize reference genome with single-molecule technologies by Jiao, Yinping, Peluso, Paul, Shi, Jinghua, Liang, Tiffany, Stitzer, Michelle C., Wang, Bo, Campbell, Michael S., Stein, Joshua C., Wei, Xuehong, Chin, Chen-Shan, Guill, Katherine, Regulski, Michael, Kumari, Sunita, Olson, Andrew, Gent, Jonathan, Schneider, Kevin L., Wolfgruber, Thomas K., May, Michael R., Springer, Nathan M., Antoniou, Eric, McCombie, W. Richard, Presting, Gernot G., McMullen, Michael, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey, Dawe, R. Kelly, Hastie, Alex, Rank, David R., Ware, Doreen

“…An improved reference genome for maize, using single-molecule sequencing and high-resolution optical mapping, enables characterization of structural variation…”
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Inbreeding drives maize centromere evolution by Schneider, Kevin L., Xie, Zidian, Wolfgruber, Thomas K., Presting, Gernot G.

“…Functional centromeres, the chromosomal sites of spindle attachment during cell division, are marked epigenetically by the centromere-specific histone H3…”
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Gapless assembly of maize chromosomes using long-read technologies by Liu, Jianing, Seetharam, Arun S, Chougule, Kapeel, Ou, Shujun, Swentowsky, Kyle W, Gent, Jonathan I, Llaca, Victor, Woodhouse, Margaret R, Manchanda, Nancy, Presting, Gernot G, Kudrna, David A, Alabady, Magdy, Hirsch, Candice N, Fengler, Kevin A, Ware, Doreen, Michael, Todd P, Hufford, Matthew B, Dawe, R Kelly

“…Creating gapless telomere-to-telomere assemblies of complex genomes is one of the ultimate challenges in genomics. We use two independent assemblies and an…”
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The Hawaiian Rhodophyta Biodiversity Survey (2006-2010): a summary of principal findings by Sherwood, Alison R, Kurihara, Akira, Conklin, Kimberly Y, Sauvage, Thomas, Presting, Gernot G

“…The Hawaiian red algal flora is diverse, isolated, and well studied from a morphological and anatomical perspective, making it an excellent candidate for…”
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Tandem repeats derived from centromeric retrotransposons by Sharma, Anupma, Wolfgruber, Thomas K, Presting, Gernot G

“…Tandem repeats are ubiquitous and abundant in higher eukaryotic genomes and constitute, along with transposable elements, much of DNA underlying centromeres…”
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Universal primers amplify a 23S rDNA plastid marker in eukaryotic algae and cyanobacteria by Sherwood, Alison R, Presting, Gernot G

“…The challenge in the development of universal algal primers lies in the genetic diversity contained within the vast array of evolutionary lineages present in…”
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Maize centromere structure and evolution: sequence analysis of centromeres 2 and 5 reveals dynamic Loci shaped primarily by retrotransposons by Wolfgruber, Thomas K, Sharma, Anupma, Schneider, Kevin L, Albert, Patrice S, Koo, Dal-Hoe, Shi, Jinghua, Gao, Zhi, Han, Fangpu, Lee, Hyeran, Xu, Ronghui, Allison, Jamie, Birchler, James A, Jiang, Jiming, Dawe, R Kelly, Presting, Gernot G

“…We describe a comprehensive and general approach for mapping centromeres and present a detailed characterization of two maize centromeres. Centromeres are…”
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Widespread gene conversion in centromere cores by Shi, Jinghua, Wolf, Sarah E, Burke, John M, Presting, Gernot G, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey, Dawe, R Kelly

“…Centromeres are the most dynamic regions of the genome, yet they are typified by little or no crossing over, making it difficult to explain the origin of this…”
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Evolution of Centromeric Retrotransposons in Grasses by Sharma, Anupma, Presting, Gernot G.

“…Centromeric retrotransposons (CRs) constitute a family of plant retroelements, some of which have the ability to target their insertion almost exclusively to…”
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Retrotransposon insertion targeting: a mechanism for homogenization of centromere sequences on nonhomologous chromosomes by Birchler, James A, Presting, Gernot G

“…The centromeres of most eukaryotic organisms consist of highly repetitive arrays that are similar across nonhomologous chromosomes. These sequences evolve…”
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A High-Throughput Arabidopsis Reverse Genetics System by Sessions, Allen, Burke, Ellen, Presting, Gernot, Aux, George, McElver, John, Patton, David, Dietrich, Bob, Ho, Patrick, Bacwaden, Johana, Ko, Cynthia, Clarke, Joseph D., Cotton, David, Bullis, David, Snell, Jennifer, Miguel, Trini, Hutchison, Don, Kimmerly, Bill, Mitzel, Theresa, Katagiri, Fumiaki, Glazebrook, Jane, Law, Marc, Goff, Stephen A.

“…A collection of Arabidopsis lines with T-DNA insertions in known sites was generated to increase the efficiency of functional genomics. A high-throughput…”
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Classification of plant associated bacteria using RIF, a computationally derived DNA marker by Schneider, Kevin L, Marrero, Glorimar, Alvarez, Anne M, Presting, Gernot G

“…A DNA marker that distinguishes plant associated bacteria at the species level and below was derived by comparing six sequenced genomes of Xanthomonas, a genus…”
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Epigenetic aspects of centromere function in plants by Birchler, James A, Gao, Zhi, Sharma, Anupma, Presting, Gernot G, Han, Fangpu

“…► Centromeres can readily become inactive and can be inherited in this state over many generations. ► Centromere sequences can be present in the genome…”
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Sustained retrotransposition is mediated by nucleotide deletions and interelement recombinations by Sharma, Anupma, Schneider, Kevin L, Presting, Gernot G

“…The term "C-value paradox" was coined by C. A. Thomas, Jr. in 1971 [Thomas CA (1971) Ann Rev Genetics 5:237-256] to describe the initially puzzling lack of…”
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Centromeric retrotransposon lineages predate the maize/rice divergence and differ in abundance and activity by Sharma, Anupma, Presting, Gernot G.

“…Centromeric retrotransposons (CR) are located almost exclusively at the centromeres of plant chromosomes. Analysis of the emerging Zea mays inbred B73 genome…”
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Hawaiian freshwater algae biodiversity survey (2009–2014): systematic and biogeographic trends with an emphasis on the macroalgae by Sherwood, Alison R, Carlile, Amy L, Neumann, Jessica M, Kociolek, J Patrick, Johansen, Jeffrey R, Lowe, Rex L, Conklin, Kimberly Y, Presting, Gernot G

“…BACKGROUND: A remarkable range of environmental conditions is present in the Hawaiian Islands due to their gradients of elevation, rainfall and island age…”
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JunctionViewer: customizable annotation software for repeat-rich genomic regions by Wolfgruber, Thomas K, Presting, Gernot G

“…Repeat-rich regions such as centromeres receive less attention than their gene-rich euchromatic counterparts because the former are difficult to assemble and…”
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Distinct influences of tandem repeats and retrotransposons on CENH3 nucleosome positioning by Gent, Jonathan I, Schneider, Kevin L, Topp, Christopher N, Rodriguez, Carmen, Presting, Gernot G, Dawe, R Kelly

“…Unique structural characteristics of centromere chromatin enable it to support assembly of the kinetochore and its associated tensions. The histone H3 variant…”
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High Quality Maize Centromere 10 Sequence Reveals Evidence of Frequent Recombination Events by Wolfgruber, Thomas K, Nakashima, Megan M, Schneider, Kevin L, Sharma, Anupma, Xie, Zidian, Albert, Patrice S, Xu, Ronghui, Bilinski, Paul, Dawe, R Kelly, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey, Birchler, James A, Presting, Gernot G

“…The ancestral centromeres of maize contain long stretches of the tandemly arranged CentC repeat. The abundance of tandem DNA repeats and centromeric…”
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