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Insertion of Telomeric Repeats in the Human and Horse Genomes: An Evolutionary Perspective.
International journal of molecular sciences - 18 Apr 2020
Santagostino Marco, Piras Francesca M, Cappelletti Eleonora, Del Giudice Simone, Semino Ornella, Nergadze Solomon G, Giulotto Elena
Abstract excerpt
Interstitial telomeric sequences (ITSs) are short stretches of telomeric-like repeats (TTAGGG)n at nonterminal chromosomal sites. We previously demonstrated that, in the genomes of primates and rodents, ITSs were inserted during the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. These conclusions were derived from sequence comparisons of ITS-containing loci and ITS-less orthologous loci in different species. To our...
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