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The fragmented Oxytricha trifallax macronuclear genome.
Oxytricha's two macronuclei (green) are shown schematically over a size-ranked map of some of its 16,000 tiny chromosomes. Alternatively processed chromosomes are shown in fuchsia and the 70 kb mitochondrial genome is shown in red for scale. Micronuclei are shown in dark blue. The macronuclear genome develops from the micronuclear genome by massive genome fragmentation and reassembly. See Swart et al. (e1001473) in this issue.
Image Credit: Estienne C. Swart and Laura F. Landweber
Citation: (2013) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 11(1) January 2013. PLoS Biol 11(1): ev11.i01. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v11.i01
Published: January 29, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Swart. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Oxytricha's two macronuclei (green) are shown schematically over a size-ranked map of some of its 16,000 tiny chromosomes. Alternatively processed chromosomes are shown in fuchsia and the 70 kb mitochondrial genome is shown in red for scale. Micronuclei are shown in dark blue. The macronuclear genome develops from the micronuclear genome by massive genome fragmentation and reassembly. See Swart et al. (e1001473) in this issue.
Image Credit: Estienne C. Swart and Laura F. Landweber