Repetitive element-mediated recombination as a mechanism for new gene origination in Drosophila.

Previous studies of repetitive elements (REs) have implicated a mechanistic role in generating new chimerical genes. Such examples are consistent with the classic model for exon shuffling, which relies on non-homologous recombination. However, recent data for chromosomal aberrations in model organis...

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Main Authors: Shuang Yang, J Roman Arguello, Xin Li, Yun Ding, Qi Zhou, Ying Chen, Yue Zhang, Ruoping Zhao, Frédéric Brunet, Lixin Peng, Manyuan Long, Wen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2211543?pdf=render