Silencing and recombination in yeast ribosomal DNA
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O'Kelly, Michael J. T
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Alexander van Oudenaarden.
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A bioinformatic and laboratory investigation into S. cerevisiae's system for the maintenance and homogenization of rDNA. Eliminating mutations and heterogeneity in rDNA repeats is necessary evolutionarily, but harmful to individual organisms--and has been linked to aging-related pathology. We present a forensic investigation of this process using a new whole-genome shotgun dataset, and interpret the results in light of experimental results showing the dynamics of rDNA silencing and recombination in laboratory strains.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132).
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2008Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.