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Circular DNA

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Cyclic Polymers

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DNA is unique among polymers in its being the genetic material of living organisms. The first hint of the existence of circular DNA came not from physical measurements but from genetic analysis. When the relative positions of a larger number of genes of the bacterium Escherichia coli were determined by genetic crosses, the genes were found to form a single circular linkage map.1

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Wang, J.C. (1986). Circular DNA. In: Semlyen, J.A. (eds) Cyclic Polymers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4175-5_7

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