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Generation and evolutionary fate of insertions of organelle DNA in the nuclear genomes of flowering plants.
Genome research - 1 May 2005
Noutsos Christos, Richly Erik, Leister Dario
Abstract excerpt
Nuclear genomes are exposed to a continuous influx of DNA from mitochondria and plastids. We have characterized the structure of approximately 750 kb of organelle DNA, distributed among 13 loci, in the nuclear genomes of Arabidopsis and rice. These segments are large and migrated to the nucleus quite recently, allowing us to reconstruct their evolution. Two general types of nuclear insertions coexist; one is...
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