Repetitive DNA Sequences

• Main Author: Dion-Côté, Anne-Marie (auth)
• Other Authors: Barbash, Daniel A. (auth), Clark, Andrew G. (auth), Lower, Sarah E. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); transgene; zebra finch; transcription; endogenous retrovirus; transposable element; centromere drive; arthropods; PSR (Paternal sex ratio); Alu; gene evolution; nuclear rDNA; epigenetics; heterochromatin; alpha satellite; Su(Hw); repeated elements; karyotype; piRNA cluster; gene duplication; super-Mendelian; estrildidae; genomic conflict; GC-content; segregation; CENP-A; drift; germline; hobo; I element; repetitive DNA; transposons; human satellites; retrotransposons; genome assembly; LTR retrotransposons; satellite DNA; structural variation; selection; host genome; Uraeginthus cyanocephalus; LINE-1; B chromosomes; ERV; arms race; sequence variation; secondary structure; HeT-A and TART telomeric retrotransposons; database; genetic conflict; coevolution; ncRNAs (non coding RNAs); repeat; centromeric transcription; nucleolus; satellite; insulator; Rhino; population genetics; centromere; genome annotation; horizontal transfer; rRNA; genome elimination; genome evolution; evolution; chromosome evolution; genome size; genome; drosophila; transposable elements; selfish elements
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Repetitive DNA is ubiquitous in eukaryotic genomes, and, in many species, comprises the bulk of the genome. Repeats include transposable elements that can self-mobilize and disperse around the genome, and tandemly-repeated satellite DNAs that increase in copy number due to replication slippage and u...