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Interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events directs evolution of the MEL172 satellite DNA library in root-knot nematodes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2006
Mestrović Nevenka, Castagnone-Sereno Philippe, Plohl Miroslav
Abstract excerpt
According to the library model, related species can have in common satellite DNA (satDNA) families amplified in differing abundances, but reasons for persistence of particular sequences in the library during long periods of time are poorly understood. In this paper, we characterize 3 related satDNAs coexisting in the form of a library in mitotic parthenogenetic root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne. Due to...
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