Copy number variation: New insights in genome diversity

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 949-961

  Freeman, Jennifer L ^a,b   Perry, George H ^a,c   Feuk, Lars ^d   Redon, Richard ^e   McCarroll, Steven A ^f   Altshuler, David M ^f   Aburatani, Hiroyuki ^g   Jones, Keith W ^h   Tyler Smith, Chris ^e   Hurles, Matthew E ^e   Carter, Nigel P ^e   Scherer, Stephen W ^d   Lee, Charles ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746741125     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3677206     Document Type: Review

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