Distribution of recombination crossovers and the origin of haplotype blocks: The interplay of population history, recombination, and mutation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1227-1234

  Wang, Ning ^a   Akey, Joshua M ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a   Jin, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CROSSING OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036844238     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344398     Document Type: Article

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