Evolutionary mechanisms shaping the genomic structure of the Williams-Beuren syndrome chromosomal region at human 7q11.23

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1179-1188

  Antonell, Anna ^a   De Luis, Oscar ^a,c   Domingo Roura, Xavier ^a,b   Pérez Jurado, Luis Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GORILLA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ALU ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PSEUDOGENES; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

GORILLA (GENUS); HOMO; MYA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 24344480878     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3944605     Document Type: Article

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