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Review
. 1977 Jul 14;268(5616):109-15.
doi: 10.1038/268109a0.

Transposable genetic elements as agents of gene instability and chromosomal rearrangements

P Nevers, H Saedler
Review

Transposable genetic elements as agents of gene instability and chromosomal rearrangements

P Nevers et al. Nature. .

Abstract

Transposable genetic elements in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, when inserted at a given locus, can control expression of the locus and cause large scale rearrangements of adjacent DNA sequences. Striking similarities in genetic behaviour between the two groups of elements have led to the proposal of a molecular model of eukaryotic controlling elements, and to suggestions about the part such elements may play in evolution and differentiation.

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