Evidence for widespread degradation of gene control regions in hominid genomes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 0282-0288

  Keightley, Peter D ^a   Lercher, Martin J ^b   Eyre Walker, Adam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HOMINID; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MURIDAE; POPULATION SIZE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

HOMINIDAE; MURIDAE; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MURIDAE;

EID: 15744388330     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030042     Document Type: Article

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