A Strong Deletion Bias in Nonallelic Gene Conversion
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A Strong Deletion Bias in Nonallelic Gene Conversion
Gene conversion is the unidirectional transfer of genetic information between orthologous (allelic) or paralogous (nonallelic) genomic segments. Though a number of studies have examined nucleotide replacements, little is known about length difference mutations produced by gene conversion. Here, we investigate insertions and deletions produced by nonallelic gene conversion in 338 Drosophila and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Genetics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1553-7404
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002508