Genome-wide oscillations in G + C density and sequence conservation

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Figure 1.
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Oscillations in base composition. GC% is plotted for a 200-base sliding window across 100-kb DNA segments, as implemented with the MacVector DNA analysis software. The DNA segments are centered on the abd-A genes (D. melanogaster 3R 16.77–16.87 Mb; T. castaneum LG2 8.021–8.121 Mb).

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  1. Genome Res. 31: 2050-2057

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