Signatures of adaptive evolution within human non-coding sequence

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Ponting, Chris P ^a   Lunter, Gerton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33749010048     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl182     Document Type: Review

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