Why is there so little intragenic linkage disequilibrium in humans?

Genetical Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-151

  Przeworski, Molly ^a   Wall, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CPG ISLANDS; GENE CONVERSION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035027837     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672301004967     Document Type: Article

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