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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2026

A genomic and epigenomic view of human centromeres.

Kate E Jaggi, Savannah J Hoyt, Rachel J O'Neill, Beth A Sullivan

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cross-species incompatibilities offer new insights into the functional consequences of satellite DNA evolution.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2026
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  6. HOROSCOPE: Decoding human centromere architecture from short reads usingbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kate E JaggiDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-9085-5529
Savannah J HoytDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Rachel J O'NeillDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. rachel.oneill@uconn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1525-6821
Beth A SullivanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. beth.sullivan@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5216-4603

Funding

Genomic Analysis of Centromere Assembly and FunctionR01GM124041 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SULLIVAN, BETH A · 2017 to 2025
$2.8M
Centromere Function and Dicentric Chromosome StabilityR01GM129263 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SULLIVAN, BETH A · 2019 to 2022
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124041NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129263NIH HHS R01 GM12404NIH HHS R01 GM129263
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human centromeres are large, complex chromosomal loci that serve as the foundation for kinetochore assembly, contribute to chromosome architecture and sister chromatid cohesion, and participate in chromosome separation during cell division. Encoded by thousands to millions of base pairs of repetitive DNA, these regions were previously represented as gaps in the human genome assembly due to limitations in sequencing technologies and computational tools that could accurately distinguish and anchor the highly similar repeats within a linear genome assembly. Substantial advances in long-read sequencing over the past 5 years have permitted these large human centromere regions to be spanned, revealing new genomic and epigenomic information and the structural organization of these essential regions. Here, we review these discoveries and discuss knowledge gaps that have been filled and emerging functional questions.

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CentromereEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsGenome, HumanGenomicsHumans

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PMID41491821
PMCPMC13470871

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