Chromosome-specific subsets of human alpha satellite DNA: Analysis of sequence divergence within and between chromosomal subsets and evidence for an ancestral pentameric repeat

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 207-214

  Willard, Huntington F ^a   Waye, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancestral repeat; Centromeric DNA; Chromosome specificity; Genome evolution; Organization of the human genome; Repeated DNA; Sequence homology

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 17; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, SATELLITE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS); X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0023066343     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02100014     Document Type: Article

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