Chromosomal evolution: Inversions: the chicken or the egg?

Since the 1930s, it has been well known that chromosomes undergo enormous structural changes with consequences more dramatic than those of simple point-mutations or small insertions and deletions. Paradoxically, the molecular mechanisms underlying chromosome evolution are still largely unknown.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Heredity 2007-11, Vol.99 (5), p.479-480
Hauptverfasser:	Casals, F, Navarro, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological Evolution Chromosome Inversion Chromosomes Chromosomes - genetics Drosophila - genetics Embryology Evolutionary biology Genetics Models, Genetic Molecular biology Mutation
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Zusammenfassung:	Since the 1930s, it has been well known that chromosomes undergo enormous structural changes with consequences more dramatic than those of simple point-mutations or small insertions and deletions. Paradoxically, the molecular mechanisms underlying chromosome evolution are still largely unknown.
ISSN:	0018-067X 1365-2540
DOI:	10.1038/sj.hdy.6801046