Strong male-driven evolution of DNA sequences in humans and apes

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6881, 2002, Pages 624-626

  Makova, Kateryna D ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS;

GENETIC DISEASES;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DNA FRAGMENT; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DNA;

APE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARNIVORE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME 3; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; AVES; HOMO; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037061501     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416624a     Document Type: Article

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