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Comment
. 2012 Sep;24(9):3487.
doi: 10.1105/tpc.112.240912. Epub 2012 Sep 25.

Rapid centromere evolution in potato: invasion of the satellite repeats

Jennifer Mach  1
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Rapid centromere evolution in potato: invasion of the satellite repeats

Jennifer Mach. Plant Cell. 2012 Sep.
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Repeats in potato are centromere-specific and evolve rapidly. Chromosome-specific hybridization of centromere repeat St24 (green) to chromosome 1 (marked by red hybridization of BAC clone 96H03) in S. tuberosum (top) and to a different chromosome in S. verrucosum. (Reprinted from Gong et al. [2012], Figures 5A and 9O.)
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