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Diversity and distribution of alpha satellite DNA in the genome of an Old World monkey: Cercopithecus solatus.
BMC genomics - 14 Nov 2016
Cacheux Lauriane, Ponger Loïc, Gerbault-Seureau Michèle, Richard Florence Anne, Escudé Christophe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alpha satellite is the major repeated DNA element of primate centromeres. Evolution of these tandemly repeated sequences has led to the existence of numerous families of monomers exhibiting specific organizational patterns. The limited amount of information available in non-human primates is a restriction to the understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of alpha satellite DNA. RESULTS: We carried out...
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