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Non-concerted evolution of the RET76 satellite DNA family in Reticulitermes taxa (Insecta, Isoptera).
Genetica - 1 Jan 2000
Andrea Luchetti, Marini Mario, Mantovani Barbara
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary dynamics of satellite DNA is most often studied in canonical mating systems, where bisexuality and panmixis are the rule. In eusocial termites, the limited number of reproducers starting a new colony and the maintenance of the colony through few neotenics act as bottle-necks both in space and time. No data on repetitive DNA are available for Isoptera and for their peculiar reproductive strategy....
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