Centromere strength: just a sense of proportion

Mol Cell Oncol. 2020 Apr 7;7(4):1742063. doi: 10.1080/23723556.2020.1742063. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

The overall structure and composition of human centromeres have been well reported, but how these elements vary between individual chromosomes and influence the chromosome-specific behavior during mitosis remains untested. In our study, we discover the existence of heterogeneity of centromeric DNA features that dictates the chromosome segregation fidelity during mitosis.

Keywords: Centromere; aneuploidy; cell division.