Gene conversion in the rice genome [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2008 Background Gene conversion causes a non-reciprocal transfer of genetic information between similar sequences. Gene conversion can both homogenize genes and recruit point mutations thereby shaping the evolution of multigene families.
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The Rate and Tract Length of Gene Conversion between Duplicated Genes [PDF]
Genes, 2011 Interlocus gene conversion occurs such that a certain length of DNA fragment is non-reciprocally transferred (copied and pasted) between paralogous regions. To understand the rate and tract length of gene conversion, there are two major approaches.
Sayaka P. Mansai +2 more
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Evidence of extensive non-allelic gene conversion among LTR elements in the human genome [PDF]
, 2016 Long Terminal Repeats (LTRs) are nearly identical DNA sequences found at either end of Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs). The high sequence similarity that exists among different LTRs suggests they could be substrate of ectopic gene conversion events.
Beniamino Trombetta +4 more
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Patterns of Gene Conversion in Duplicated Yeast Histones Suggest Strong Selection on a Coadapted Macromolecular Complex [PDF]
, 2015 We find evidence for interlocus gene conversion in five duplicated histone genes from six yeast species. The sequences of these duplicated genes, surviving from the ancient genome duplication, show phylogenetic patterns inconsistent with the well ...
Kathy Scienski +2 more
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Biased Gene Conversion Constrains Adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. [PDF]
Genetics, 2020 Hämälä T, Tiffin P.
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The Interspecific Fungal Hybrid
mBio, 2021 Hybridization is an important evolutionary mechanism that can enable organisms to adapt to environmental challenges. It has previously been shown that the fungal allodiploid species Verticillium longisporum, the causal agent of verticillium stem striping
Jasper R. L. Depotter +9 more
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Evolution of host-microbe cell adherence by receptor domain shuffling
eLife, 2022 Stable adherence to epithelial surfaces is required for colonization by diverse host-associated microbes. Successful attachment of pathogenic microbes to host cells via adhesin molecules is also the first step in many devastating infections.
EmilyClare P Baker +6 more
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Structure and evolutionary history of a large family of NLR proteins in the zebrafish [PDF]
Open Biology, 2016 Multicellular eukaryotes have evolved a range of mechanisms for immune recognition. A widespread family involved in innate immunity are the NACHT-domain and leucine-rich-repeat-containing (NLR) proteins.
Kerstin Howe +8 more
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Down the Penrose stairs, or how selection for fewer recombination hotspots maintains their existence
eLife, 2023 In many species, meiotic recombination events tend to occur in narrow intervals of the genome, known as hotspots. In humans and mice, double strand break (DSB) hotspot locations are determined by the DNA-binding specificity of the zinc finger array of ...
Zachary Baker +2 more
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The Coalescent With Gene Conversion [PDF]
Genetics, 2000 Abstract In this article we develop a coalescent model with intralocus gene conversion. The distribution of the tract length is geometric in concordance with results published in the literature. We derive a simulation scheme and deduce a number of analytical results for this coalescent with gene conversion.
Wiuf, Carsten, Hein, J
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