Factors Behind Junk DNA in Bacteria
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Factors Behind Junk DNA in Bacteria
Although bacterial genomes have been traditionally viewed as being very compact, with relatively low amounts of repetitive and non-coding DNA, this view has dramatically changed in recent years. The increase of available complete bacterial genomes has revealed that many species present abundant repetitive DNA (i.e., insertion sequences, prophages or paralogous genes) and that many of these sequ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genes
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2073-4425
DOI: 10.3390/genes3040634