Dynamic Evolution of Telomeric Sequences in the Green Algal Order Chlamydomonadales
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Year of publication | 2012 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
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Web | http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/4/3/248 |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evs007 |
Field | Genetics and molecular biology |
Keywords | GENOME REVEALS; NUCLEOPROTEIN COMPLEXES; CHROMOSOME TERMINI; HIGHER-PLANTS; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA; ASPARAGALES; REPEATS; GEN.; SOLANACEAE |
Description | Telomeres, which form the protective ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, are a ubiquitous and conserved structure of eukaryotic genomes but the basic structural unit of most telomeres, a repeated minisatellite motif with the general consensus sequence T(n)A(m)G(o), may vary between eukaryotic groups.Our results indicate that telomere evolution in green algae, particularly in the order Chlamydomonadales, is far more dynamic and complex than thought before. General implications of our findings for the mode of telomere evolution are discussed. |
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