An ancestral genomic sequence that serves as a nucleation site for de novo gene birth.

PLoS One · 2022 · PMC9097989 · PMID 35552551

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Functions of invariant base-pairs in the spacer sequence are unknown, however they may be significant in initiation of DNA synthesis.

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