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A comparative study of population genetic structure reveals patterns consistent with selection at functional microsatellites in common sunflower.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 Sept 2022
Ranathunge Chathurani, Chimahusky Melody E, Welch Mark E
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Microsatellites, also known as short tandem repeats (STRs), have long been considered non-functional, neutrally evolving regions of the genome. Recent findings suggest that they can function as drivers of rapid adaptive evolution. Previous work on the common sunflower identified 479 transcribed microsatellites where allele length significantly correlates with gene expression (eSTRs) in a stepwise manner. Here, a...
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