On the evolutionary mutation rate at Y-chromosome STRs: Comments on paper by Di Giacomo et al. (2004)

Human Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 529-532

  Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^a,b   Underhill, Peter A ^c  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; EVOLUTION; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MUTATION; NOTE; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 21444461129     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-1281-4     Document Type: Letter

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