The tiny germline chromosomes of Paramecium aurelia have an exceptionally high recombination rate and are capped by a new class of Helitrons

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  2025

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  bioRxiv

• Publication date

  2025-11-07

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  Biology

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  DOI 10.1101/2025.11.06.686955
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