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Repeated sequences in DNA. Hundreds of thousands of copies of DNA sequences have been incorporated into the genomes of higher organisms.

Britten RJ and 1 other. Science, 1968. Cited by 2,250 papers, by iCite.

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Title
Repeated sequences in DNA. Hundreds of thousands of copies of DNA sequences have been incorporated into the genomes of higher organisms.
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Journal
Science
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Year
1968
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Journal Article
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Citations, by iCite
2,250
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2024-01-09
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Authors2

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OrderAuthorForenameKindORCID iD
1Britten RJR J
2Kohne DED E

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Topics14

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MeSH termMajor
DNAMajor topic
PolynucleotidesMajor topic
Animals
Biological Evolution
Chemical Phenomena
Chemistry
DNA, Bacterial
Escherichia coli
Hydroxyapatites
Kinetics
Molecular Biology
Salmonidae
Spectrophotometry
Thymus Gland

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42,720,113The genetic control of rapid genome content divergence in Arabidopsis thaliana.Elife2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42720113PubMed
42,631,273Discontinuous genomic coding and paradigm shifts in molecular biology and immunology: revolutions via "normal science".Nat Sci (Weinh)2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42631273PubMed
42,539,018The genetic control of rapid genome content divergence in Arabidopsis thaliana.bioRxiv2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42539018PubMed
42,402,843Segmentally Duplicated Regulatory Elements Undergo Human-Specific Rewiring.Mol Biol Evol2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42402843PubMed
42,327,040Satellite DNA dynamics across phylogenetic scales in ground beetles and other insects.bioRxiv2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42327040PubMed
42,292,535Chloroplast Genome Insights of Gleditsia japonica var. velutina and Evolutionary Implications for Variation and Phylogeny in Gleditsia.Ecol Evol2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42292535PubMed
42,153,345TEITbase: a database for transposable element (TE)-initiated transcripts in human cancers.Database (Oxford)2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42153345PubMed
42,088,443Nuclear genome profiling of two species of Epidendrum (Orchidaceae): genome size, repeatome, and ploidy.NAR Genom Bioinform2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42088443PubMed
42,082,719Transposable elements shape stemness in normal and leukemic hematopoiesis.Nat Genet2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42082719PubMed
42,055,287Tandem repeats in human brain evolution and disease susceptibility.Mol Cells2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42055287PubMed

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2026-11-06
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