Sex, not genotype, determines recombination levels in mice

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 670-675

  Lynn, Audrey ^a   Schrump, Stefanie ^a   Cherry, Jonathan ^a,b   Hassold, Terry ^a,b   Hunt, Patricia ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DNA RECOMBINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 25444497758     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491718     Document Type: Article

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