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Repetitive DNA sequences in plant genomes

Russian Journal of Genetics: Applied Research

Abstract

The main classes of repetitive DNA sequences, including coding (rRNA genes) and noncoding (tandem and interspersed repeats) sequences are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on their special role in the formation of the structural and functional organization of the genomes of higher plants and in the support of their higher genetic variation, compared to animal genomes, at the levels of individual sequences and of the whole genome.

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Original Russian Text © A.B. Shcherban, 2014, published in Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genetiki i Selektsii, 2014, Vol. 18, No. 4/1, pp. 618–629.

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Shcherban, A.B. Repetitive DNA sequences in plant genomes. Russ J Genet Appl Res 5, 159–167 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079059715030168

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