Compositional evolution of noncoding DNA in the human and chimpanzee genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-286

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

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Base composition; Chimpanzee; Human; Isochore; Selection; SNP

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

MAMMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037326506     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg037     Document Type: Article

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