Timing and effects of template number for gene conversion of Major Histocompatibility Complex genes in the mouse

Hereditas

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Böhme, Jan ^a,b   Högstrand, Kari ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE CONVERSION; HAPLOIDY; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030780870     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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