Hot and cold spots of recombination in the human genome: The reason we should find them and how this can be achieved

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-16

  Arnheim, Norman ^a   Calabrese, Peter ^a   Nordborg, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0038052719     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376419     Document Type: Review

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