High-Resolution Patterns of Meiotic Recombination across the Human Major Histocompatibility Complex

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 759-776

  Cullen, Michael ^a,b   Perfetto, Stephen P ^c   Klitz, William ^d,e   Nelson, George ^a   Carrington, Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPERMATOZOON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036783307     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342973     Document Type: Article

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