A test of the master gene hypothesis for interspersed repetitive DNA sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Johnson, Louise J ^a   Brookfield, John F Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BC1; ID element; Master gene; Repetitive DNA; SINE

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; NONHUMAN;

ALU ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

RODENTIA;

EID: 30744437134     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj034     Document Type: Article

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