Centromeres play virtually the same central role across the entire tree of life: They ensure the faithful segregation of ...

A genomic study of human and selected nonhuman primate centromeres has revealed their unimaginable diversity and speed of evolutionary change. Although centromeres are vital to proper cell replication ...

Centromeres are regions of DNA where the cell's machinery grabs each chromosome and pulls it into the two daughter cells. Centromeres are essential ...

Centromeres are important elements of chromosomes that are responsible for the proper separation of chromosomes during cell division. This function is closely related to appropriate methylation ...

University of Rochester research reveals that centromeres, which are responsible for proper cell division, can rapidly reorganize over short time scales. The discovery involves an intricate and ...

Advancements in genome sequencing have challenged the long-standing belief that the position of the centromere in the chromosome is fixed. Researchers from Okayama University, Japan, have analyzed ...

Six years ago, when Glennis Logsdon was a graduate student, everyone assumed that centromeres had conserved sequences and structures given their essential role in divvying up genetic material. “We had ...

Just like you might use a belt to keep your clothes in place, the centromere holds a pair of chromatids together and attaches it to the mitotic spindle during cell division to ensure that each ...