Mutation rate heterogeneity and the generation of allele diversity at the human minisatellite MS205 (D16S309)

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1823-1833

  May, Celia A ^a   Jeffreys, Alec J ^a   Armour, John A L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DNA MINISATELLITE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029834027     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.11.1823     Document Type: Article

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