Genomic regionality in rates of evolution is not explained by clustering of genes of comparable expression profile

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1002-1013

  Lecher, Martin J ^a   Chamary, Jean Vincent ^a   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASSAY; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRON; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; RATS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042616134     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.1597404     Document Type: Article

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