Distribution of dinucleotide microsatellites in the Drosophila melanogaster genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 602-610

  Bachtrog, Doris ^a   Weiss, Steven ^a   Zangerl, Barbara ^a   Brem, Gottfried ^a   Schlötterer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Genome evolution; Microsatellite; Simple sequence

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032953314     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026142     Document Type: Article

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