Evolution of the X-specific block embedded in the human Xq21.3/Yp11.1 homology region

Genomics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-296

  Vacca, Marcella ^a   Matarazzo, Maria Rosaria ^a   Jones, Jonathan ^b   Spalluto, Cosma ^c   Archidiacono, Nicoletta ^c   Ma, Peter ^d   Rocchi, Mariano ^c   D'Urso, Michele ^a   Chen, Ellson Y ^d   D'Esposito, Maurizio ^a   Mumm, Steven ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME XQ; CHROMOSOME YP; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033372914     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5996     Document Type: Article

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