Next generation sequencing analysis reveals a relationship between rDNA unit diversity and locus number in <it>Nicotiana</it> diploids

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tandemly arranged nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA), encoding 18S, 5.8S and 26S ribosomal RNA (rRNA), exhibit concerted evolution, a pattern thought to result from the homogenisation of rDNA arrays. However rDNA homogeneity at the single...

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Main Authors: Matyášek Roman, Renny-Byfield Simon, Fulneček Jaroslav, Macas Jiří, Grandbastien Marie-Angele, Nichols Richard, Leitch Andrew, Kovařík Aleš
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/722