Patterns of transitional mutation biases within and among mammalian genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 988-993

  Rosenberg, Michael S ^a   Subramanian, Sankar ^a   Kumar, Sudhir ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammalian genomes; Substitution patterns; Transition transversion bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; CPG ISLAND; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINE; HUMAN; INTRON; MACACA; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTATION;

MACACA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037910313     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg113     Document Type: Article

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