Genomic Rearrangement

RNA-mediated events: chromosomal rearrangements and genomic rearrangements

The Architecture of a Scrambled Genome Reveals Massive Levels of Genomic Rearrangement during Development Excerpt: “Genome-wide DNA rearrangements are most exaggerated in ciliates, particularly in the model organism Oxytricha trifallax, which programs not only DNA deletion, but also total reorganization, through RNA-mediated events (Fang et al., 2012; Nowacki et al., 2008). ” My comment: The RNA-mediated events: chromosomal rearrangements and genomic rearrangements