Assembling a Mating Type Gene in <i>Tetrahymena</i> (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Assembling a Mating Type Gene in <i>Tetrahymena</i>

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This image shows assembling a mating type gene in Tetrahymena. Ribbons show how each incomplete MTB gene (color coded) is joined to the end of the only complete gene (III, orange).

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Michael J. Lawson

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