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ArticleScience advances2026

Nanopore-based sequencing of active DNA replication reveals key principles of metazoan replication dynamics.

Dongsheng Han, Cole Shepherd, Mary Lauren Benton, Jared T Nordman

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dongsheng HanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6008-4013
Cole ShepherdDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-6710-847X
Mary Lauren BentonDepartment of Computer Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5485-1041
Jared T NordmanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6612-3201

Funding

Developmental control of replication initiation and genome stabilityR35GM128650 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Jared Nordman · 2018 to 2026
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Balancing replication fork progression and origin usage is essential to maintain genome stability, but measuring replication fork progression rates and origin usage throughout the genome has been challenging. Here, we use nanopore sequencing combined with DNAscent to measure replication fork progression together with origin and termination site usage with single-molecule precision throughout the Drosophila genome with nearly full genome coverage. We find that replication fork progression rates are not uniform throughout the genome. Rather, fork progression is slowest in euchromatin, and this is not correlated with active transcription. Replication origins are also influenced by chromatin, but the exact position of initiation is highly variable and are often several kilobases away from ORC (origin recognition complex) binding sites. Termination sites lack any chromatin or sequence motifs and appear nearly random throughout the genome. By measuring DNA replication dynamics at near full genome coverage, our work reveals key principles of metazoan replication dynamics.

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DNA ReplicationNanopore SequencingAnimalsChromatinDrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterOrigin Recognition ComplexReplication OriginSequence Analysis, DNAChromatinOrigin Recognition Complex

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PMID42066069
PMCPMC13134589

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