McNulty, Shannon MSullivan, Beth A2022-04-012022-04-012019-010021-95251540-8140https://hdl.handle.net/10161/24763Neocentromeres are ectopic centromeres that form at noncanonical, usually nonrepetitive, genomic locations. Nishimura et al. (2019. <i>J. Cell Biol.</i> https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201805003) explore the three-dimensional architecture of vertebrate neocentromeres, leading to a model for centromere function and maintenance via nuclear clustering with heterochromatin.Cell NucleusCentromereHeterochromatinGenomicsCentromere Protein AGoing the distance: Neocentromeres make long-range contacts with heterochromatin.Journal article2022-04-01