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inverted repeats
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inverted repeats [in′vərd·əd ri′pēts]
(genetics)
Two copies of the same nucleotide sequence oriented in opposite directions on the same molecule. Also known as IR sequences.


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Hasebe (1992) compared the plastome structure of the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris to that of tobacco and found that the gene order in Adiantum was reversed throughout much of the inverted repeat region.
 
 
 
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