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ReviewChromosoma2019

Chromothripsis, a credible chromosomal mechanism in evolutionary process.

Franck Pellestor, Vincent Gatinois

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Review in Chromosoma, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. ISCN and Chromoanagenesis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  9. Centromere scission drives chromosome shuffling and reproductive isolation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Franck PellestorUnit of Chromosomal Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier CHRU, 371 avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295, Montpellier CEDEX 5, France. f-pellestor@chu-montpellier.fr.ORCID 0000-0001-5015-9843
Vincent GatinoisUnit of Chromosomal Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier CHRU, 371 avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295, Montpellier CEDEX 5, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent discovery of a new class of massive chromosomal rearrangements, occurring during one unique cellular event and baptized "chromothripsis," deeply modifies our perception on the genesis of complex genomic rearrangements, but also, it raises the question of the potential driving role of chromothripsis in species evolution. Analyses of the etiology of chromothripsis have led to the identification of various cellular processes capable of generating chromothripsis, such as premature chromosome condensation, telomere dysfunction, abortive apoptosis, and micronucleus formation. All these causative mechanisms may occur in germlines or during early embryonic development, suggesting that chromothripsis could be an unexpected mechanism for profound genome modification. The occurrence of chromothripsis appears to be in good agreement with macroevolution models proposed as a complement to phyletic gradualism. Various cases of chromosomal speciation and short-term adaptation could be correlated to chromothripsis-mediated mechanism. The emergency of this unanticipated chaotic phenomenon may contribute to demonstrate the contribution of chromosome rearrangements to speciation process. New sequencing and bioinformatics methods can be expected to shed new light on the role of chromothripsis in evolutionary process.

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Biological EvolutionChromothripsisGenomeSelection, GeneticAnimalsApoptosisComputational BiologyEmbryo, MammalianGerm-Line MutationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMicronuclei, Chromosome-DefectiveTelomereAdaptationChromosomal rearrangementsChromothripsisMacroevolutionSpeciation

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