Experimentally observed germline mutations at human micro- and minisatellite loci

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-266

  Sajantila, Antti ^a   Lukka, Matti ^b   Syvänen, Ann Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Human germline mutations; Microsatellites; Minisatellites; Mutation rates; Paternity testing

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032986618     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200257     Document Type: Article

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