Assessing the Role of Tandem Repeats in Shaping the Genomic Architecture of Great Apes
Farré M, Bosch M, López-Giráldez F, Ponsà M, Ruiz-Herrera A. Assessing the Role of Tandem Repeats in Shaping the Genomic Architecture of Great Apes. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e27239. PMID: 22076140, PMCID: PMC3208591, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromosomes, MammalianEvolution, MolecularGenomeGenomicsHumansMammalsPan troglodytesPhylogenyRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidTandem Repeat SequencesConceptsEvolutionary breakpoint regionsTandem repeatsEvolutionary regionBreakpoint regionSpecific tandem repeatMore base pairsGreat apesGenome architectureMammalian genomesGenome organizationSynteny blocksChromatin conformationEvolutionary biologistsGenomic architectureAncestral reconstructionGenome instabilityMacaque genomeChromosomal reorganizationTransposable elementsGenomic regionsHuman genomeGenomic areasAlu elementsGenomeBase pairs