When is a deletion not a deletion? When it is converted

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-15

  Burghes, A H M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 5Q; EDITORIAL; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0030863569     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513913     Document Type: Editorial

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