Microsatellites are simple repetitive DNA sequences scattered throughout eukaryote genomes. In an Advanced Online Publication from Nature Genetics, Michele Morgante ...

The rare plant contains 160 billion base ... “Ferns seem to be really bad at getting rid of the repetitive DNA and extra chromosomes.” Supersize genomes aren’t advantageous, as it turns ...

What do cells, genes, mutations, transposons, RNA silencing, and DNA recombination have in common ... defined the laws of inheritance by studying pea plants. The list goes on. Today, with the advent ...