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ArticleNature2025

The formation and propagation of human Robertsonian chromosomes.

Leonardo Gomes de Lima, Andrea Guarracino, Sergey Koren, Tamara Potapova, Sean McKinney, Arang Rhie, Steven J Solar, Chris Seidel, Brandon L Fagen, Brian P Walenz and 10 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Leonardo Gomes de Lima *Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6340-6065
Andrea Guarracino *Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9744-131X
Sergey Koren *Genome Informatics Section, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1472-8962
Tamara PotapovaStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2761-1795
Sean McKinneyStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9740-6247
Arang RhieGenome Informatics Section, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9809-8127
Steven J SolarGenome Informatics Section, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Chris SeidelStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9218-7922
Brandon L FagenStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Brian P WalenzGenome Informatics Section, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8431-1428
Gerard G BouffardNIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8744-6440
Shelise Y BrooksNIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Michael PetersonStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5015-5209
Kate HallStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Juyun CrawfordGenome Informatics Section, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-4430-7751
Alice C YoungNIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Brandon D PickettGenome Informatics Section, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8235-4440
Erik GarrisonDepartment of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. egarris5@uthsc.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3821-631X
Adam M PhillippyGenome Informatics Section, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. adam.phillippy@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-2983-8934
Jennifer L GertonStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA. jeg@stowers.org.ORCID 0000-0003-0743-3637

Funding

Pangenomics of nicotine abuse in the hybrid rat diversity panelU01DA057530 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI Hao Chen, BURT M SHARP · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
A compendium of complete primate reference genomes to facilitate conservation, genomics, and ecologyR01HG013017 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Erik Garrison, Matthew William Mitchell · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
Maintaining the integrity of a genomeR01CA266339 · NCI · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI JENNIFER L GERTON · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266339NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG013017NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA057530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robertsonian chromosomes are a type of variant chromosome that is commonly found in nature. Present in 1 in 800 humans, these chromosomes can underlie infertility, trisomies and increased cancer incidence

Indexed as

Chromosomes, HumanTranslocation, GeneticAnimalsCentromereChromosome BreakpointsChromosomes, Human, Pair 14FemaleGenome, HumanHumansKinetochoresMaleMeiosisPan troglodytes

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PMID40993387
PMCPMC12657243

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