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Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes

Genomes of birds and reptiles, but not mammals, consist of a few large chromosomes and many tiny microchromosomes. Microchromosomes are gene-rich and highly conserved among birds and reptiles and share homology with one or more of the tiny chromosomes of an invertebrate that diverged from the...

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