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Threeori elements (ori 2,ori 5, andori 7) have been sequenced inSaccharomyces cerevisiae strain Dip 2 and compared to the equivalentori elements of a second strain (B). Bothori 2 andori 5 exhibit 98% base matching between strains Dip 2 and B. In contrast, the thirdori element (ori 7) exhibits extensive sequence rearrangements whereby a segment located downstream in the consensus strain occurs within theori structure in Dip 2. This represents a novel polymorphic form of the yeast mitochondrial genome.
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Skelly, P.J., Clark-Walker, G.D. Sequence rearrangements at theori 7 region ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial DNA. J Mol Evol 32, 439–442 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02101284
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