Mutation rate variation in the mammalian genome

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 562-568

  Ellegren, Hans ^a   Smith, Nick G C ^a   Webster, Matthew T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; ISOCHORE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; TANDEM REPEAT;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0345447463     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2003.10.008     Document Type: Review

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