Evolution of tandemly repeated sequences: What happens at the end of an array?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-481

  McAllister, Bryant F ^a,b   Werren, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Junction site; Recombination; Retrotransposons; Satellite DNA; Tandemly repetitive DNA; Unequal sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SISTER CHROMATID; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0033025139     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006491     Document Type: Article

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