High levels of sequence polymorphism and linkage disequilibrium at the telomere of 12q: Implications for telomere biology and human evolution

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 235-250

  Baird, Duncan M ^a,b   Coleman, Joanna ^a   Rosser, Zoë H ^a   Royle, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0033924643     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302721     Document Type: Article

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