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Abstract
The 'action' in genome-level evolution lies not in the large gene-containing segments that are conserved among related species, but in the breakpoint regions between these segments. Two recent papers in BMC Genomics detail the pattern of repetitive elements associated with breakpoints and the epigenetic conditions under which breakage occurs.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19664183 PMCID: PMC2736669 DOI: 10.1186/jbiol162
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol ISSN: 1475-4924