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The DNA sequence of the terminal 4.2 kilobases (kb) of the 30-kb insertion in the endosperm sucrose synthase gene of maize mutant sh-m5933 shows that it comprises two identical 2,040-base pair (bp) segments, one inserted in the reverse direction into the other. We suggest that the 2,040-bp sequence is an example of the transposable element Dissociation described by Barbara McClintock.
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Döring, H., Tillmann, E. & Starlinger, P. DNA sequence of the maize transposable element Dissociation. Nature 307, 127–130 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/307127a0
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