Microsatellites, transposable elements and the X chromosome.

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Variability at microsatellite (MS) loci is generally perceived as resulting from an interaction between mutation and genetic drift and, to a lesser extent, selection and recombination. Less investigated has been the reason for MS accumulation in genomes. We present here a simple model that could account for the variation in density of MS loci, assuming that they are created either through replication slippage or...

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