The occurrence, role and evolution of chromatin diminution in nematodes.
Chromatin diminution takes place in presomatic cells of some parasitic nematodes during early development. This phenomenon may play an important role in somatic cell differentiation, since the somatic cells of these species undergo an extensive genome reorganization during development via chromatin diminution and polyploidization, as explained here by Clara Goday and Sergio Pimpinelli.
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Veĺazquez 188, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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