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ArticleScientific reports2019

CENP-A binding domains and recombination patterns in horse spermatocytes.

Eleonora Cappelletti, Francesca M Piras, Claudia Badiale, Marina Bambi, Marco Santagostino, Covadonga Vara, Teri A Masterson, Kevin F Sullivan, Solomon G Nergadze, Aurora Ruiz-Herrera and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Molecular Dynamics and Evolution of Centromeres in the Genus Equus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Eleonora CappellettiDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Francesca M PirasDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Claudia BadialeDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Marina BambiDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Marco SantagostinoDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Covadonga VaraDepartament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Spain.
Teri A MastersonCentre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Kevin F SullivanCentre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Solomon G NergadzeDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8121-0189
Aurora Ruiz-HerreraDepartament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Spain. aurora.ruizherrera@uab.cat.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3868-6151
Elena GiulottoDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy. elena.giulotto@unipv.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-2049
University of Pavia · ITOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IEUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Centromeres exert an inhibitory effect on meiotic recombination, but the possible contribution of satellite DNA to this "centromere effect" is under debate. In the horse, satellite DNA is present at all centromeres with the exception of the one from chromosome 11. This organization of centromeres allowed us to investigate the role of satellite DNA on recombination suppression in horse spermatocytes at the stage of pachytene. To this aim we analysed the distribution of the MLH1 protein, marker of recombination foci, relative to CENP-A, marker of centromeric function. We demonstrated that the satellite-less centromere of chromosome 11 causes crossover suppression, similarly to satellite-based centromeres. These results suggest that the centromere effect does not depend on satellite DNA. During this analysis, we observed a peculiar phenomenon: while, as expected, the centromere of the majority of meiotic bivalent chromosomes was labelled with a single immunofluorescence centromeric signal, double-spotted or extended signals were also detected. Their number varied from 0 to 7 in different cells. This observation can be explained by positional variation of the centromeric domain on the two homologs and/or misalignment of pericentromeric satellite DNA arrays during homolog pairing confirming the great plasticity of equine centromeres.

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Recombination, GeneticAnimalsCentromere Protein AHorsesHumansMaleProtein BindingSpermatocytesCentromere Protein A

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PMID31676881
PMCPMC6825197
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