Slip-sliding away: serial changes and homoplasy in repeat number in the Drosophila yakuba homolog of human cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2.
Several recent studies have examined the function and evolution of a Drosophila homolog to the human breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2, named dmbrca2. We previously identified what appeared to be a recent expansion in the RAD51-binding BRC-repeat array in the ancestor of Drosophila yakuba. In...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2882388?pdf=render |