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A genetic defect caused by a triplet repeat expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 20 Feb 2009
Sureshkumar Sridevi, Todesco Marco, Schneeberger Korbinian, Harilal Ramya, Balasubramanian Sureshkumar, Weigel Detlef
Abstract excerpt
Variation in the length of simple DNA triplet repeats has been linked to phenotypic variability in microbes and to several human disorders. Population-level forces driving triplet repeat contraction and expansion in multicellular organisms are, however, not well understood. We have identified a triplet repeat-associated genetic defect in an Arabidopsis thaliana variety collected from the wild. The Bur-0 strain...
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