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What's in a genome? The C-value enigma and the evolution of eukaryotic genome content.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 26 Sept 2015
Elliott Tyler A, Gregory T Ryan
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Some notable exceptions aside, eukaryotic genomes are distinguished from those of Bacteria and Archaea in a number of ways, including chromosome structure and number, repetitive DNA content, and the presence of introns in protein-coding regions. One of the most notable differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes is in size. Unlike their prokaryotic counterparts, eukaryotes exhibit enormous (more than...
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