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A simple repeating unit of the rye genome, previously known in tandem arrays, has now been shown to occur also in more complex repeating units. One such unit has been cloned and found to contain some sequences unrelated to the simple repeat. It is proposed that tandem arrays of complex repeats are often produced by amplification of DNA segments formed by recombination of different repeats and possibly unique sequences. Some complex variants of repeats are not in high copy number on all rye chromosomes.
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Bedbrook, J., O'Dell, M. & Flavell, R. Amplification of rearranged repeated DNA sequences in cereal plants. Nature 288, 133–137 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/288133a0
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