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A highly conserved gene island of three genes on chromosome 3B of hexaploid wheat: diverse gene function and genomic structure maintained in a tightly linked block.
BMC plant biology - 27 May 2010
Breen James, Wicker Thomas, Kong Xiuying, Zhang Juncheng, Ma Wujun, Paux Etienne, Feuillet Catherine, Appels Rudi, Bellgard Matthew
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BACKGROUND: The complexity of the wheat genome has resulted from waves of retrotransposable element insertions. Gene deletions and disruptions generated by the fast replacement of repetitive elements in wheat have resulted in disruption of colinearity at a micro (sub-megabase) level among the cereals. In view of genomic changes that are possible within a given time span, conservation of genes between species...
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