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Kevin L. Schneider

Researcher at University of Hawaii

Publications -  8
Citations -  1560

Kevin L. Schneider is an academic researcher from University of Hawaii. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome & Centromere. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 1141 citations. Previous affiliations of Kevin L. Schneider include University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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Maize centromere structure and evolution: sequence analysis of centromeres 2 and 5 reveals dynamic Loci shaped primarily by retrotransposons.

TL;DR: It is shown that maize centromeres are fluid genomic regions whose borders are heavily influenced by the interplay of retrotransposons and epigenetic marks, and it is proposed that CRMs may be involved in removal of centromeric DNA, invasion of centromere by non-CRM retro Transposons, and local repositioning of the CENH3.
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Inbreeding drives maize centromere evolution.

TL;DR: Evidence strongly suggests that inbreeding, favored by postdomestication selection for centromere-linked genes affecting key domestication or agricultural traits, drives replacement of the tandem centromeres repeats in maize and other crop plants.
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Sustained retrotransposition is mediated by nucleotide deletions and interelement recombinations

TL;DR: It is shown that the expansion of the CRM1 retrotransposon subfamily in the ancient allotetraploid crop plant corn is linked to the repeated formation of novel recombinant elements derived from two parental retrotransposed genotypes, which may have been brought together during the hybridization of two sympatric species that make up the present day corn genome, thus revealing a unique mechanism linking polyploidy and retrotransposition.