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Role of recombination in the long-term retention of transposable elements in rRNA gene loci.

Genetics - 1 Nov 2008

Zhang Xian, Eickbush Michael T, Eickbush Thomas H

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Multiple theoretical studies have focused on the concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated rRNA genes of eukaryotes; however, these studies did not consider the transposable elements that interrupt the rRNA genes in many organisms. For example, in insects, R1 and R2 have been stable components of the rDNA locus for hundreds of millions of years, suggesting either that they have minimal effects on fitness or...

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PMID: 18791229
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.093716
PMCID: PMC2581962

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