Genome-wide variation in the human and fruitfly: A comparison

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 627-634

  Aquadro, C F ^a   DuMont, V B ^a   Reed, F A ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

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AUTOSOME; BIODIVERSITY; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035546072     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00245-8     Document Type: Review

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