Characteristics and frequency of germline mutations at microsatellite loci from the human Y chromosome, as revealed by direct observation in father/son pairs

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1580-1588

  Kayser, Manfred ^a   Roewer, Lutz ^b   Hedman, Minttu ^c   Henke, Lotte ^d   Henke, Jürgen ^d   Brauer, Silke ^a   Krüger, Carmen ^b   Krawczak, Michael ^e   Nagy, Marion ^b   Dobosz, Tadeusz ^f   Szibor, Reinhard ^g   De Knijff, Peter ^h   Stoneking, Mark ^a   Sajantila, Antti ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Inst fur Blutgruppenforschung   (Germany)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^g OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATHER; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; MODEL; MUTATION RATE; OBSERVATION; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0347231556     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302905     Document Type: Article

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