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CpSAT-1, a transcribed satellite sequence from the codling moth, Cydia pomonella.
Genetica - 1 Aug 2016
Věchtová Pavlína, Dalíková Martina, Sýkorová Miroslava, Žurovcová Martina, Füssy Zoltán, Zrzavá Magda
Abstract excerpt
Satellite DNA (satDNA) is a non-coding component of eukaryotic genomes, located mainly in heterochromatic regions. Relevance of satDNA began to emerge with accumulating evidence of its potential yet hardly comprehensible role that it can play in the genome of many organisms. We isolated the first satDNA of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella, Tortricidae, Lepidoptera), a species with holokinetic chromosomes and a...
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