... clusters maintained only by chance (genes not yet separated by recombination)disappear, on average, more rapidly in the course of evolution than those maintained by selection pressure. In that case,clusters ... oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding(OB)-fold containing protein, a recently described newGTPase, DnaG) are encoded by genes that co-localize withDNA replication genes, suggesting that they may be involved in DNA ... (seebelow). Furthermore, we believe that the presence of DNAreplication genes in the vicinity of two of the genes encodingthe subunits of the initiation factor aIF-2 is noteworthy. In eukaryotes,...