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During meiosis in fission yeast, transfer of genetic information occurs between tRNA genes of related sequence even when they are located on different chromosomes. This process of intergenic conversion has been analysed with the help of nonsense suppressors derived from three unlinked serine tRNA genes. In their wild-type form two of the genes code for tRNASerUCA, the third for tRNASerUCG. We demonstrate the transfer of anticodon and adjacent intron sequences between two tRNA genes coding for different serine isoacceptors.
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Munz, P., Amstutz, H., Kohli, J. et al. Recombination between dispersed serine tRNA genes in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Nature 300, 225–231 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/300225a0
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