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A tandem repeat array (brown arrows) experiences amino acid substitution (colored bars) and small insertion/deletions. This process degrades the repeats until only very weak similarity remains (middle lineage). Expansion of the repeats through duplication of single or multiple repeat units generates Ago-binding domains with no detectable homology but conservation of repetitive character (compare left and right lineages).
