Chromatin Diminution Process Regulates rRNA Gene Copy Number in Freshwater Copepods.
The results of quantitative PCR (qPCR) presented in the paper clearly demonstrate that the sixteen-fold genome reduction inCyclops kolensisduring chromatin diminution (from 15.3 pg to 0.98 pg) results in a dramatic decrease in ribosomal RNA gene copy numbers in the genome of a somatic cell line by more than two orders of magnitude. The results presented allow for the consideration of the chromatin diminution as a mechanism of rDNA copy number regulation.
 Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
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