Deterministic mutation rate variation in the human genome

Genome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1350-1356

  Smith, Nick G C ^a   Webster, Matthew T ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE PAIRING; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MUTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0036737595     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.220502     Document Type: Article

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