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The endpoints of an inversion in wheat chloroplast DNA are shown to be associated with copies of a short repeated sequence. Recombination across the repeats in an inverted configuration may have been responsible for the inversion, although they are currently in a direct orientation owing to a second inversion. The repeated sequence contains an element homologous to the core of the bacteriophage lambdaatt-site, which can function as such in vivo.
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Howe, C.J. The endpoints of an inversion in wheat chloroplast DNA are associated with short repeated sequences containing homology toatt-lambda. Curr Genet 10, 139–145 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00636479
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