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The nuclear genome can be defined as the complement of all the DNA sequences found in the chromosomes. How the sequences are arranged with respect to one another, and how they are organised into chromosomes determines the architecture of the genome. In this paper I wish to summarise some general features of plant genome architecture and its evolution, putting special emphasis on the role played by repeated nucleotide sequences.
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Flavell, R.B. (1983). Repeated Sequences and Genome Architecture. In: Ciferri, O., Dure, L. (eds) Structure and Function of Plant Genomes. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 63. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4538-1_1
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