A source of small repeats in genomic DNA.

doi:10.1093/genetics/129.2.563

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A source of small repeats in genomic DNA.

Genetics - 1 Oct 1991

Fieldhouse D, Golding B

Abstract excerpt

The processes of spontaneous mutation are known to be influenced by neighboring DNA. Imperfect nearby repeats in the neighboring DNA have been observed to mutate to form perfect repeats. The repeats may be either direct or inverted. Such a mutational process should create perfect direct and inver...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Computer Simulation
DNA
Humans
Models, Genetic
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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