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. 2007 Oct 19;318(5849):415.
doi: 10.1126/science.1148033.

Mitochondrial DNA as a genomic jigsaw puzzle

William Marande  1 , Gertraud Burger
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Mitochondrial DNA as a genomic jigsaw puzzle

William Marande et al. Science. .

Abstract

In mitochondria of the unicellular eukaryote Diplonema, genes are systematically fragmented into small pieces that are encoded on separate chromosomes, transcribed individually, and then concatenated into contiguous messenger RNA molecules.

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  • Genetics. Why genomes in pieces?
    Landweber LF. Landweber LF. Science. 2007 Oct 19;318(5849):405-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1150280. Science. 2007. PMID: 17947572 No abstract available.

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