Estimating Y chromosome specific microsatellite mutation frequencies using deep rooting pedigrees

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 799-803

  Heyer, Evelyne ^a   Puymirat, Jack ^b   Dieltjes, Patrick ^c   Bakker, Egbert ^c   De Knijff, Peter ^c  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030940879     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.5.799     Document Type: Article

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