Biopolymers and cell. 2007; 23 (3): 172 - 187

Mutagenesis induced by integration processes and evolution of nuclear genome

L. L. Lukash

Mutational variability induced by large-scale reorganizations of genetic material such as MGE transpositions, integration or disintegration of exogenous nucleotide sequences of viral and non-viral origin, changes in chromosome set or individual chromosomes, chromatin diminution and its role in the evolution of nuclear genome are discussed.

Keywords: mutagenesis, chromosome, chromatin diminution.