Dinucleotide repeats in the drosophila and human genomes have complex, length-dependent mutation processes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 715-725

  Calabrese, Peter ^a   Durrett, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Genome; Human; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DROSOPHILA; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN GENOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 0038032028     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg084     Document Type: Article

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