High mutation rate of a long microsatellite allele in Drosophila melanogaster provides evidence for allele-specific mutation rates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1269-1274

  Schlotterer C ^a   Ritter, R ^a   Harr, B ^a   Brem, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Microsatellites; Mutation rate; Simple sequences

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031704550     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025855     Document Type: Article

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