Maize Centromere Structure and Evolution: Sequence Analysis of Centromeres 2 and 5 Reveals Dynamic Loci Shaped Primarily by Retrotransposons

• Thomas K. Wolfgruber ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Anupma Sharma, Kevin L. Schneider

  Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Anupma Sharma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Anupma Sharma, Kevin L. Schneider

  Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Kevin L. Schneider ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Anupma Sharma, Kevin L. Schneider

  Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Patrice S. Albert,

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Dal-Hoe Koo,

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Jinghua Shi,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Zhi Gao,

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Fangpu Han,

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Hyeran Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Ronghui Xu,

  Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Jamie Allison,

  Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• James A. Birchler,

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Jiming Jiang,

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• R. Kelly Dawe,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Gernot G. Presting

  * E-mail: gernot@hawaii.edu

  Affiliation Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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