A 9.1-kb gap in the genome reference map is shown to be a stable deletion/insertion polymorphism of ancestral origin

Genomics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 585-592

  Robledo, Renato ^a,b   Orru, Sandro ^b   Sidoti, Antonella ^c   Muresu, Rosella ^d   Esposito, Diane ^e   Grimaldi, Marie Claude ^b   Carcassi, Carlo ^f   Rinaldi, Antoniettina ^g   Bernini, Luigi ^h   Contu, Licinio ^b,f   Romani, Massimo ⁱ   Roe, Bruce ^j   Siniscalco, Marcello ^a,b  

^a Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

^b Sardinian Center for Genome Diversity   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^f Binaghi Hospital   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Deletion insertion polymorphism; Genome diversity; Genomic gaps; Human chromosome 22; Ig genes; RDA detected microdeletions

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 12244276360     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2002.7014     Document Type: Article

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