Factors influencing recombination frequency and distribution in a human meiotic crossover hotspot

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2277-2287

  Jeffreys, Alec J ^a   Neumann, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; ENTACTIN; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; GENE CONVERSION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 26444503776     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi232     Document Type: Article

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