Fine-scale recombination patterns differ between chimpanzees and humans

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-434

  Ptak, Susan E ^a   Hinds, David A ^b   Koehler, Kathrin ^a   Nickel, Birgit ^a   Patil, Nila ^b   Ballinger, Dennis G ^b   Przeworski, Molly ^c   Frazer, Kelly A ^b   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Perlegen Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 16844377748     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1529     Document Type: Article

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