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Rapid divergence of microsatellite abundance among species of Drosophila.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2003
Ross Charles L, Dyer Kelly A, Erez Tamar, Miller Susan J, Jaenike John, Markow Therese A
Abstract excerpt
Among major taxonomic groups, microsatellites exhibit considerable variation in composition and allele length, but they also show considerable conservation within many major groups. This variation may be explained by slow microsatellite evolution so that all species within a group have similar patterns of variation, or by taxon-specific mutational or selective constraints. Unfortunately, comparing microsatellites...
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