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Fig. 6 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fig. 6

From: High evolutionary turnover of satellite families in Caenorhabditis

Fig. 6

Model for the expansion of satellites. Each repeat is indicated by a rectangle. A relatively small satellite (three repeats in the figure) is transposed to another location. In the course of time it may accumulate some point mutations, indicated by the letters drawn inside the rectangles. Later the satellite increases in size. This process can be followed by the distribution of point mutations (Additional file 3: Table S5)

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