2023

Hanlon S. L.*, and R. S. Hawley. B chromosomes reveal a female meiotic drive suppression system in Drosophila melanogaster. Curr. Biology 33, 2300-2306.e5 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.028  PDF
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Highlighted by a Dispatch article: Ferree P. Cell biology: Selfish B chromosomes unleashed by a dysfunctional chromosome segregation system. Curr. Biology 33, R431–R434 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.034  PDF

2022

Hanlon, S.L.*, Larracuente, A.M. When it comes to genetics, cheaters do prosper. Chromosome Res 30, 137–139 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-022-09705-5 PDF
Part of the Special Issue on "Non-Mendelian Inheritance and Meiotic Drive" co-edited by S.L. Hanlon and A.M. Larracuente.
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2021

Peterson, S. C.**; K. B. Samuelson**, and S.L. Hanlon*. (2021) Multi-Scale Organization of the Drosophila melanogaster Genome. Special issue on "Chromosome-Centric View of the Genome Organization and Evolution" in Genes 12, no. 6: 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12060817 PDF
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Pre-UConn (graduate and postdoctoral studies)

Lima L. G. de, S. L. Hanlon, and J. L. Gerton, 2020 Origins and Evolutionary Patterns of the 1.688 Satellite DNA Family in Drosophila Phylogeny. G3 (Bethesda). g3.401727.2020. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401727 PDF 

Hanlon S. L.*, and R. S. Hawley, 2018 B chromosomes in the Drosophila genus. Genes (Basel). 9: 1. – 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9100470 PDF
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Hanlon S. L.*, D. E. Miller, S. Eche, and R. S. Hawley, 2018 Origin, composition, and structure of the supernumerary B chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 210: 1197–1212. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.301478  PDF
* corresponding author - Chosen by GENETICS editors as one of the December 2018 Highlights

Hanlon S. L., and J. J.Li, 2015 Re-replication of a Centromere Induces Chromosomal Instability and Aneuploidy. PLoS Genet. 11: 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005039 PDF

Essential Reading

In Hanlon et al. (2018), the recently discovered B chromosomes were molecularly characterized to gain insight into their origin, composition, and structure.  This paper confirmed that the B chromosomes were linear chromosomes with functional centromeres and telomeres, and that they likely originated from Chromosome 4 due to the enrichment of the centromeric satellite repeat AAGAT on the Bs.

FISH of metaphase chromosomes (magenta) in Drosophila neuroblast cells using a probe for the AAGAT satellite repeat (yellow).  Adapted from Figure 2 in: Hanlon S. L., D. E. Miller, S. Eche, and R. S. Hawley, 2018 Origin, composition, and structure of the supernumerary B chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 210: 1197–1212. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.301478  PDF