DNA sequence variation in a non-coding region of low recombination on the human X chromosome

Nature Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-81

  Kaessmann, Henrik ^a   Heißig, Florian ^a   Von Haeseler, Arndt ^a   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DNA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0344436038     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/8785     Document Type: Article

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