Subtelomeres

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Louis, Edward J. (Editor), Becker, Marion M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cytogenetics.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.; Evolutionary Biology.

New genes and diversity leading to adaptation and evolution are generated in special areas of genomes. One such area in all eukaryotic genomes and in those prokaryotes with linear chromosomes is the region near the ends of the chromosomes. These telomere-associated sequences, or subtelomeres, have d...