title: Is all centromeric DNA functionally competent for centromere identity?
abstract: Centromeres are essential chromosomal regions that mediate the accurate inheritance of genetic information.Until now, centromeres have remained largely underexplored, especially in Triticeae genomes being difficult to completely assemble due to the highly repetitive DNA se quences and complex st ructure, so the functional contribution of centromeric DNA to centromere identity remains elusive.New approaches in genome sequencing have enabled the gap-less reconstructing of the sequences of entire e