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Downsizing the Paramecium genome

Jonathan B Weitzman

Genome Biology 2000, 1:spotlight-20001109-02 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20001109-02

Published: 9 November 2000

An in vivo excision assay demonstrates that regulatory sequences are necessary for eliminating DNA during the genomic rearrangements of ciliated protozoa.