Sequences from higher primates orthologous to the human Xp/Yp telomere junction region reveal gross rearrangements and high levels of divergence

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2291-2299

  Baird, D M ^a   Royle, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME YP; GENETIC DRIFT; GORILLA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030727808     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.13.2291     Document Type: Article

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