Local rates of recombination are positively correlated with GC content in the human genome [4]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1139-1142

  Fullerton, Stephanie M ^a   Carvalho, Antonio Bernardo ^b   Clark, Andrew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

GC content; Hill Robertson effect; Isochores; Mutation; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; LETTER; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0034989085     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003886     Document Type: Letter

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