Table 1.
Centromere structure in different species.
| Centromere Type | Species | Size | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point centromere | fungi | [4] | |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | ~125 bp | ||
| Short regional centromere | fungi | [9,10] | |
| Candida albicans | ~3–5 kb | ||
| Schizosaccharomyces pombe | ~35–110 kb | ||
| Long regional centromere | viridiplantae | [11,12,13] | |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | ~400 kb–1.4 Mb | ||
| Oryza sativa | ~65 kb–2 Mb | ||
| Zea mays | ~180 kb | ||
| metazoa | [14,15,16] | ||
| Drosophila melanogaster | ~420 kb | ||
| Mus musculus | ~1 Mb | ||
| Homo sapiens | ~0.5 to 5 Mb | ||
| Meta-polycentric centromere | tracheobionta | [17] | |
| Pisum sativum | ~69–107 Mb | ||
| Holocentromere | viriplantae | [18] | |
| Luzula nivea | ~100 Mb | ||
| metazoa | [19,20,21] | ||
| Bombyx mori | ~8–21 Mb | ||
| Caenorhabditis elegans | ~14–21 Mb |