Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding human U2 snRNA (the RNU2 locus) involves rapid intrachromosomal homogenization and rare interchromosomal gene conversion

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 588-598

  Liao, Daiqing ^a   Pavelitz, Thomas ^a   Kidd, Judith R ^a   Kidd, Kenneth K ^a   Weiner, Alan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Human genetic diversity; Linkage disequilibrium; Multigene family; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMATID EXCHANGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, SATELLITE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRIMATES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031033604     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.3.588     Document Type: Article

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