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A discrete heterogeneity has been observed in rice rRNA gene clusters after EcoRI digestion of rice nuclear DNA followed by Southern image hybridization. EcoRI digestion generates the two repeating sequences, 5.0×106 and 5.2×106 daltons, which code for both 25S and 17S rice rRNA.
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Oono, K., Sugiura, M. Heterogeneity of the ribosomal RNA gene clusters in rice. Chromosoma 76, 85–89 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292228
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