The role and amplification of the HS Alu subfamily founder gene

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-21

  Shaikh, Tamim H ^a   Deininger, Prescott L ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu; Alu subfamilies; Founder; SINEs

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIMATES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HYLOBATES SP.; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030045978     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00163206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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