Unraveling the processes of microsatellite evolution through analysis of germ line mutations in barn swallows Hirundo rustica

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1047-1054

  Primmer, C R ^a,d   Saino, N ^b   Moller A P ^c   Ellegren, H ^a,e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Germ line; Hirundo rustica; Male bias; Microsatellite; Stepwise mutation model

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BIRD; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; TANDEM REPEAT;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0031880362     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026003     Document Type: Article

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