[HTML][HTML] The structure, function and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8

…, Y Mao, MA Liskovykh, S Koren, S Nurk, L Mercuri… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The complete assembly of each human chromosome is essential for understanding human
biology and evolution 1 , 2 . Here we use complementary long-read sequencing …

Segmental duplications and their variation in a complete human genome

MR Vollger, X Guitart, PC Dishuck, L Mercuri… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Despite their importance in disease and evolution, highly identical segmental duplications (SDs)
are among the last regions of the human reference genome (GRCh38) to be fully …

Sequence diversity analyses of an improved rhesus macaque genome enhance its biomedical utility

…, M Escalona, NW Maurer, F Antonacci, L Mercuri… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is one of the most widely used
nonhuman primate (NHP) models for studying human biology and disease. As a representative …

[HTML][HTML] A high-quality bonobo genome refines the analysis of hominid evolution

…, PH Hsieh, WT Harvey, PA Audano, L Mercuri… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The divergence of chimpanzee and bonobo provides one of the few examples of recent
hominid speciation 1 , 2 . Here we describe a fully annotated, high-quality bonobo genome …

Recurrent inversion toggling and great ape genome evolution

…, W Höps, PH Hsieh, A Sulovari, R Li, L Mercuri… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Inversions play an important role in disease and evolution but are difficult to characterize
because their breakpoints map to large repeats. We increased by sixfold the number (n = 1,069…

Single-cell strand sequencing of a macaque genome reveals multiple nested inversions and breakpoint reuse during primate evolution

…, M Dellino, D Palmisano, L Mercuri… - Genome …, 2020 - genome.cshlp.org
Rhesus macaque is an Old World monkey that shared a common ancestor with human ∼25
Myr ago and is an important animal model for human disease studies. A deep …

A high-resolution map of small-scale inversions in the gibbon genome

L Mercuri, D Palmisano, A L'Abbate… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Gibbons are the most speciose family of living apes, characterized by a diverse chromosome
number and rapid rate of large-scale rearrangements. Here we performed single-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary Dynamics of the POTE Gene Family in Human and Nonhuman Primates

FAM Maggiolini, L Mercuri, F Antonacci, F Anaclerio… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
POTE (prostate, ovary, testis, and placenta expressed) genes belong to a primate-specific
gene family expressed in prostate, ovary, and testis as well as in several cancers including …

[HTML][HTML] Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome with 22q11. 21 microduplication: a case report

D Dell'Edera, A Allegretti, M Ventura, L Mercuri… - Journal of Medical Case …, 2021 - Springer
Background Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome (Online Mendelian Inheritance
in Man [OMIM] #277000) is a congenital condition characterized by the total or partial …

7q35q36. 3 deletion and concomitant 20q13. 2q13. 33 duplication in a newborn: familiar case

…, ADE Rosalba, MT Dell'Edera, AA Epifania, L Mercuri… - 2020 - researchsquare.com
Array-CGH is a powerful tool in identifying and characterizing complex genomic
rearrangements when classical cytogenetics approaches are not sensible enough in detecting …