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Divergence of gene regulation through chromosomal rearrangements.
BMC genomics - 30 Nov 2010
Goettel Wolfgang, Messing Joachim
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The molecular mechanisms that modify genome structures to give birth and death to alleles are still not well understood. To investigate the causative chromosomal rearrangements, we took advantage of the allelic diversity of the duplicated p1 and p2 genes in maize. Both genes encode a transcription factor involved in maysin synthesis, which confers resistance to corn earworm. However, p1 also controls...
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