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  2. Sequence homology - Wikipedia

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    Homology among DNA, RNA, or proteins is typically inferred from their nucleotide or amino acid sequence similarity. Significant similarity is strong evidence that two sequences are related by evolutionary changes from a common ancestral sequence. Alignments of multiple sequences are used to indicate which regions of each sequence are homologous.

  3. Locus (genetics) - Wikipedia

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    22 = region 2, band 2 (read as "two, two", not "twenty-two") 1 = sub-band 1; Thus the entire locus of the example above would be read as "three P two two point one". The cytogenetic bands are areas of the chromosome either rich in actively-transcribed DNA (euchromatin) or packaged DNA (heterochromatin).

  4. Chromosomal crossover - Wikipedia

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    Crossovers typically occur between homologous regions of matching chromosomes, but similarities in sequence and other factors can result in mismatched alignments. Most DNA is composed of base pair sequences repeated very large numbers of times. [29] These repetitious segments, often referred to as satellites, are fairly homogeneous among a ...

  5. Homology (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Homology among proteins or DNA is typically inferred from their sequence similarity. Significant similarity is strong evidence that two sequences are related by divergent evolution of a common ancestor. Alignments of multiple sequences are used to indicate which regions of each sequence are homologous. [40]

  6. Holliday junction - Wikipedia

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    The two pathways for homologous recombination in eukaryotes, showing the formation and resolution of Holliday junctions. The Holliday junction is a key intermediate in homologous recombination, a biological process that increases genetic diversity by shifting genes between two chromosomes, as well as site-specific recombination events involving integrases.

  7. Synteny - Wikipedia

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    Synteny (in the modern sense) between human and mouse chromosomes. Colors in the human chromosomes indicate regions homologous with parts of the mouse chromosome of the same color. For instance, sequences homologous to mouse chromosome 1 are primarily on human chromosomes 1 and 2, but also 6, 8, and 18.

  8. Heteroduplex - Wikipedia

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    At various steps of these recombination processes, heteroduplex DNA (double-stranded DNA consisting of single strands from each of the two homologous chromosomes which may or may not be perfectly complementary) is formed. During meiosis non-crossover recombinants occur frequently and these appear to arise mainly by the SDSA pathway.

  9. Eukaryotic chromosome fine structure - Wikipedia

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    Introns are intervening sequences between the exons that are never translated. Some sequences inside introns function as miRNA, and there are even some cases of small genes residing completely within the intron of a large gene. For some genes (such as the antibody genes), internal control regions are found inside introns. These situations ...