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MinireviewWho's driving the centromere?Gregory P Copenhaver  Department of Biology and The Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA  author email corresponding author email
Journal of Biology 2004,
3:17doi:10.1186/jbiol15
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11 October 2004 |
Abstract
Centromere function is remarkably conserved between species, yet the satellite sequences that make up centromeric DNA are highly divergent. Proteins that bind these sequences appear to be evolving under positive selection, supporting a model wherein the interplay between centromeric repeats and the proteins that bind them creates an opportunity for an intriguing phenomenon known as centromere-based meiotic drive. | 
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