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SUBMITTER: Assis R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3280953 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Assis Raquel R Kondrashov Alexey S AS
PLoS genetics 20120216 2
Gene conversion is the unidirectional transfer of genetic information between orthologous (allelic) or paralogous (nonallelic) genomic segments. Though a number of studies have examined nucleotide replacements, little is known about length difference mutations produced by gene conversion. Here, we investigate insertions and deletions produced by nonallelic gene conversion in 338 Drosophila and 10,149 primate paralogs. Using a direct phylogenetic approach, we identify 179 insertions and 614 delet ...[more]