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ArticleProgress in molecular and subcellular biology2021

Structure, Organization, and Evolution of Satellite DNAs: Insights from the Drosophila repleta and D. virilis Species Groups.

Gustavo C S Kuhn, Pedro Heringer, Guilherme Borges Dias

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Article in Progress in molecular and subcellular biology, 2021. 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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10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Satellite DNAs in Drosophila koepferae (repleta group) reveal patterns of origin, chromosomal organization, transcription, and turnover in the buzzatii cluster.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2026
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  2. Satellite DNAs rising from the transposon graveyards.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2025
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gustavo C S KuhnDepartamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. gcskuhn@ufmg.br.
Pedro HeringerDepartamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Guilherme Borges DiasDepartment of Genetics and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversity of Georgia · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fact that satellite DNAs (satDNAs) in eukaryotes are abundant genomic components, can perform functional roles, but can also change rapidly across species while being homogenous within a species, makes them an intriguing and fascinating genomic component to study. It is also becoming clear that satDNAs represent an important piece in genome architecture and that changes in their structure, organization, and abundance can affect the evolution of genomes and species in many ways. Since the discovery of satDNAs more than 50 years ago, species from the Drosophila genus have continuously been used as models to study several aspects of satDNA biology. These studies have been largely concentrated in D. melanogaster and closely related species from the Sophophora subgenus, even though the vast majority of all Drosophila species belong to the Drosophila subgenus. This chapter highlights some studies on the satDNA structure, organization, and evolution in two species groups from the Drosophila subgenus: the repleta and virilis groups. We also discuss and review the classification of other abundant tandem repeats found in these species in the light of the current information available.

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DNA, SatelliteDrosophilaAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterEvolution, MolecularPhylogenyDNA, SatelliteDrosophilaHeterochromatinSatellite DNATandem repeats

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