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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2008

Emerging roles for centromeres in meiosis I chromosome segregation.

Gloria A Brar, Angelika Amon

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Near-complete genomes for nine haplochromine cichlid fishes reveal a novel centromeric satellite structure organised around a pair of inverted elements.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2026
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  9. Satellite DNAs and human sex chromosome variation.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2022
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  15. CENP-A regulates chromosome segregation during the first meiosis of mouse oocytes.Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Gloria A BrarDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E17-233, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Angelika Amon

Funding

REGULATION OF THE MEIOTIC CELL CYCLER01GM062207 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI AMON, ANGELIKA B · 2001 to 2016
$3.8M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062207
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Centromeres are an essential and conserved feature of eukaryotic chromosomes, yet recent research indicates that we are just beginning to understand the numerous roles that centromeres have in chromosome segregation. During meiosis I, in particular, centromeres seem to function in many processes in addition to their canonical role in assembling kinetochores, the sites of microtubule attachment. Here we summarize recent advances that place centromeres at the centre of meiosis I, and discuss how these studies affect a variety of basic research fields and thus hold promise for increasing our understanding of human reproductive defects and disease states.

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AnimalsCentromereChromosome SegregationHumansKinetochoresMeiosis

Identifiers

PMID18981989
PMCPMC2708604

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