Slime moulds and the origin of foldback DNA

The genomes of the slime moulds are relatively small when compared with those of higher eukaryotes. They also contain far fewer families of repetitive sequences. Nevertheless, the general patterns of organization of their repetitive DNA are similar. The slime moulds can therefore help us to investig...

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Veröffentlicht in:BioEssays 1986-09, Vol.5 (3), p.105-111
1. Verfasser: Hardman, Norman
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The genomes of the slime moulds are relatively small when compared with those of higher eukaryotes. They also contain far fewer families of repetitive sequences. Nevertheless, the general patterns of organization of their repetitive DNA are similar. The slime moulds can therefore help us to investigate the structure and evolution of repetitive DNA in “simple” eukaryotes and to understand how these sequences contribute to the architecture and function of the eukaryotic genome. Several questions remain, including perhaps the most important: do repetitive sequences perform some definable function?.
ISSN:0265-9247
1521-1878
DOI:10.1002/bies.950050304