Abstract
Rice centromere 8 was previously proposed to be an "immature" centromere that recently arose from a genic region. Our comparative genomics analysis indicates that Cen8 was formed at its current location at least 7-9 million years ago and was physically shifted by a more recent inversion of a segment spanning centromeric and pericentromeric regions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1217-1220 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Genetics |
| Volume | 177 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine