Significant positive correlation between the recombination rate and GC content in the human pseudoautosomal region

Genome

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-419

  Chen, Jin Feng ^a   Lu, Fei ^a   Chen, Su Shing ^a,b   Tao, Shi Heng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base composition; Evolution; GC content; Pseudoautosomal region; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; ISOCHORE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSEUDOGENE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; ISOCHORES; MUTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PSEUDOGENES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STATISTICS;

EID: 33747843744     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G05-124     Document Type: Article

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