Human SNP variability and mutation rate are higher in regions of high recombination

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 337-340

  Lercher, Martin J ^a   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

AUTOSOME; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036640951     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02669-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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