Slipped strand mispairing

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Mutation process which occurs during DNA replication. It involves denaturation and displacement of the DNA strands, resulting in mispairing of the complementary bases. Slipped strand mispairing is one explanation for the origin and evolution of Satellite DNA. [1]

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  1. ^ Levinson, G. & Gutman, G. A. (1987). "Slipped-Strand Mispairing: A Major Mechanism for DNA Sequence Evolution". Mol. Biol. Evol. 4 (3): 203-221. 
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