Evidence for a high mutation rate at rapidly evolving yeast centromeres.

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-211

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Evidence for a high mutation rate at rapidly evolving yeast centromeres.

BMC evolutionary biology - 18 Jul 2011

Bensasson Douda

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BACKGROUND: Although their role in cell division is essential, centromeres evolve rapidly in animals, plants and yeasts. Unlike the complex centromeres of plants and aminals, the point centromeres of Saccharomcyes yeasts can be readily sequenced to distinguish amongst the possible explanations for fast centromere evolution. RESULTS: Using DNA sequences of all 16 centromeres from 34 strains of Saccharomyces...

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Base Sequence
Centromere
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Mutation Rate
Saccharomyces
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sequence Alignment

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PMID: 21767380
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-211
PMCID: PMC3155921

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