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tiny, somewhat mitten-shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticula, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture

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  • Then why don't we have ribosomal DNA and transfer DNA?
  • (Review the literature on ribosomal proteins sometime.)
  • How do they explain the nested hierarchy of ribosomal gene sequences?
  • "Molecular signatures of ribosomal evolution," PNAS 105 (2008): 13953-58.
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