Intense and highly localized gene conversion activity in human meiotic crossover hot spots

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Jeffreys, Alec J ^a   May, Celia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA3 PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CROSSING OVER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME;

CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEIOSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0842310835     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1287     Document Type: Article

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