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Unstable microsatellite repeats facilitate rapid evolution of coding and regulatory sequences.
Genome dynamics - 1 Jan 2012
Jansen A, Gemayel R, Verstrepen K J
Abstract excerpt
Tandem repeats are intrinsically highly variable sequences since repeat units are often lost or gained during replication or following unequal recombination events. Because of their low complexity and their instability, these repeats, which are also called satellite repeats, are often considered to be useless 'junk' DNA. However, recent findings show that tandem repeats are frequently found within promoters of...
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