Gene conversion homogenizes the CMT1A paralogous repeats

BMC Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Hurles, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PATHOGENESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0002843222     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-2-11     Document Type: Article

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