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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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The circular genome map has 153,901bp, containing inverted repeats of 21,053 bp each, a large single-copy region of 89,709 bp, and a small single-copy region of 22,086 bp.
 
 
 
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