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Concerted Evolution in the Ribosomal RNA Cistron

BACKGROUND: Gene conversion is the mechanism proposed to be responsible for the homogenization of multigene families such as the nuclear ribosomal gene clusters. This concerted evolutionary process prevents individual genes in gene clusters from accumulating mutations. The mechanism responsible for...

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Autores principales: Naidoo, Kershney, Steenkamp, Emma T., Coetzee, Martin P. A., Wingfield, Michael J., Wingfield, Brenda D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059355