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. 2016 Jan 5;6:1462. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01462

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

SSR deletion during DNA replication. If a SSR slips or loops out from template strand, it results in deletion. These mutations cause detrimental effects on normal protein function due to replacement of amino acid as has been seen in various microbes following genomic evolution.