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Drosophila virilis has atypical kinds and arrangements of histone repeats.
Chromosoma - 1 Dec 1998
Schienman J E, Lozovskaya E R, Strausbaugh L D
Abstract excerpt
Genomic and P1 clone DNAs of Drosophila virilis were analyzed to determine the structure and organization of histone genes in this species. The species contains unique and variable repeat types, in comparison with the related species Drosophila melanogaster, with quartet repeats lacking the H1 gene and multi-length variant quintet repeats containing the H1 gene. Unexpectedly, the H1-containing repeats are highly...
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