Beyond Junk-Variable Tandem Repeats as Facilitators of Rapid Evolution of Regulatory and Coding Sequences

Beyond Junk-Variable Tandem Repeats as Facilitators of Rapid Evolution of Regulatory and Coding Sequences

Copy Number Variations (CNVs) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) have been the major focus of most large-scale comparative genomics studies to date. Here, we discuss a third, largely ignored, type of genetic variation, namely changes in tandem repeat number. Historically, tandem repeats have...

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Main Authors: Steven Boeynaems, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Janice Cho, Rita Gemayel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-07-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
microsatellites
repeats
evolvability
phenotype
polyglutamine
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/3/3/461

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