A neutral explanation for the correlation of diversity with recombination rates in humans

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1527-1535

  Hellmann, Ines ^a   Ebersberger, Ingo ^a   Ptak, Susan E ^b   Pääbo, Svante ^a   Przeworski, Molly ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HYPOTHESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0038015586     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375657     Document Type: Article

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