DNA polymorphism in a worldwide sample of human X chromosomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2131-2141

  Yu, Ning ^a   Fu, Yun Xin ^b   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA variation; Human evolution; Nucleotide diversity; Unique variants

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XP; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; X CHROMOSOME; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 1842837782     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004038     Document Type: Article

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