Repeat polymorphisms within gene regions: Phenotypic and evolutionary implications

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 345-356

  Wren, Jonathan D ^a   Forgacs, Eva ^a   Fondon, John W ^a   Pertsemlidis, Alexander ^b   Cheng, Sandra Y ^a   Gallardo, Teresa ^a   Williams, R S ^a,b   Shohet, Ralph V ^a,b   Minna, John D ^a,b   Garner, Harold R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0033855579     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303013     Document Type: Article

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