DNA hitchhiking in C. elegans (IMAGE)

RIKEN

DNA hitchhiking in C. elegans

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The telomerase RNA terc-1 (red) is produced in the germline nuclei (blue) of C. elegans by "hitchhiking" on a gene that is active in germ cells.

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