Size-dependent mutability and microsatellite constraints

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 960-966

  Falush, Daniel ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Array size constraint; Cyclical and directional dynamics; Microsatellite; Sister chromatid exchange; Size dependent mutability; Slippage

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0033010712     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026185     Document Type: Article

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