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Satellite DNA as a driver of population divergence in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.
Genome biology and evolution - 19 Dec 2014
Feliciello Isidoro, Akrap Ivana, Brajković Josip, Zlatar Ivo, Ugarković Đurđica
Abstract excerpt
Tandemly repeated satellite DNAs are among most rapidly evolving sequences in eukaryotic genome, usually differing significantly among closely related species. By inducing changes in heterochromatin and/or centromere, satellite DNAs are expected to drive population and species divergence. However, despite high evolutionary dynamics, divergence of satellite DNA profiles at the level of natural population which...
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