Repetitive DNA is distributed into 1000 to 40,000 families. All the repetitive DNA present in the genome could be broadly categorized into two: tandem repeats and dispersed repeats. Centromeres, telomeres and chromosome knobs fall under tandem repetitive DNA; and transposons and retrotransposons under dispersed repeats. In tandemly repetitive DNA, the repeat sequences are present contiguously [...]
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Repetitive DNA
Posted in Genome organization, Repetitive DNA on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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