Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42527608›Full record

ArticleNature2026

A global view of human centromere variation and evolution.

Shenghan Gao, Keisuke K Oshima, Shu-Cheng Chuang, Mark Loftus, Tamara A Potapova, Annalaura Montanari, David S Gordon, Zikun Yang, Human Genome Structural Variation Consortium, Human Pangenome Reference Consortium and 6 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. HOROSCOPE: Decoding human centromere architecture from short reads usingbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. A complete human pancreatic cancer genome.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Shenghan Gao *Department of Genetics, Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-6527
Keisuke K Oshima *Department of Genetics, Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shu-Cheng ChuangDepartment of Genetics, Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mark LoftusDepartment of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-6855
Tamara A PotapovaStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2761-1795
Annalaura MontanariDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
David S GordonDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6552-4022
Zikun YangBio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Human Genome Structural Variation Consortium
Human Pangenome Reference Consortium
Yafei MaoBio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9648-4278
PingHsun HsiehDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-6227
Jennifer L GertonStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-3637
Miriam K KonkelDepartment of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-1667
Mario VenturaDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-8777
Glennis A LogsdonDepartment of Genetics, Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. glogsdon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-0656

Funding

The WashU-UCSC-EBI Human Genome Reference Center."U41HG010972 · NHGRI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Ira M Hall, Heng Li · 2019 to 2026
$24.9M
ELSI Administrative Supplement - Center for Human Reference Genome DiversityU01HG010971 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI EICHLER, EVAN, JARVIS, ERICH D · 2019 to 2023
$18.4M
Statistical Methods for Gene Regulatory Analysis From Single Cell Genomics DataP20GM139769 · NIGMS · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · PI ANHOLT, ROBERT R. H, ARNO, GAVIN · 2021 to 2025
$10.8M
Telomere-to-telomere assemblies of human genomesR01HG011274 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI Karen Hayden Miga · 2020 to 2026
$4.5M
Maintaining the integrity of a genomeR01CA266339 · NCI · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI JENNIFER L GERTON · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Tools for comprehensive variant characterization using the pangenomeU01HG013748 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI LI, HENG, MARSCHALL, TOBIAS · 2024 to 2024
$1.7M
Building Tools and Community to Make Pangenomes AccessibleU01HG013760 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI GARRISON, ERIK · 2024 to 2024
$1.6M
Tooling for accurately studying the epigenome along the human pangenome referenceU01HG013744 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STERGACHIS, ANDREW BEN · 2024 to 2024
$1.4M
Integrating the reference pangenome with biobank-scale data for complex trait analysisU01HG013755 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GYMREK, MELISSA · 2024 to 2024
$1.3M
Human centromere variation and functionR00GM147352 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Glennis Amelia Logsdon · 2024 to 2026
$747k
The fitness effects of de novo structural variantsR00HG011041 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HSIEH, PINGHSUN · 2023 to 2025
$729k
Deciphering genome integrity maintenance using cytogenomicsR50CA305001 · NCI · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI Tamara A Potapova · 2025 to 2026
$251k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266339NCI NIH HHS R50 CA305001NHGRI NIH HHS R00 HG011041NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG011274NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG010971NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG013744NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG013748NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG013755NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG013760NHGRI NIH HHS U41 HG010972NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139769NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM147352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Centromeres are essential chromosomal regions that ensure accurate chromosome segregation during cell division, yet their highly repetitive sequence has historically hindered their complete assembly and characterization

Identifiers

PMID42527608
PMCPMC13508068

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.