Neocentromere

Neocentromeres are ectopic sites where new functional kinetochores assemble occasionally from noncentromeric regions of chromosomes, thus creating centromeres and permitting chromosome segragation.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ David J. Amor and K. H. Andy Choo; Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Oct; "Neocentromeres: Role in Human Disease, Evolution, and Centromere Study"; 71(4): 695–714. Published online 2002 Aug 26. doi: 10.1086/342730
  2. ↑ Laura S. Burrack and Judith Berman; Chromosome Res. 2012 Jul; "Neocentromeres and epigenetically inherited features of centromeres"; 20(5): 607–619. doi: 10.1007/s10577-012-9296-x
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