The influence of recombination on human genetic diversity

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1375-1385

  Spencer, Chris C A ^a   Deloukas, Panos ^b   Hunt, Sarah ^b   Mullikin, Jim ^c   Myers, Simon ^a,d   Silverman, Bernard ^a   Donnelly, Peter ^a   Bentley, David ^e   McVean, Gil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Solexa Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BASE PAIRING; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOME; MUTAGENESIS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE PAIRING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33749416027     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020148     Document Type: Article

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