Heterogeneous genomic molecular clocks in primates

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1527-1534

  Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Elango, Navin ^a   Warden, Charles ^a   Vigoda, Eric ^b   Yi, Soojin V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA REPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TIME;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CPG ISLANDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750472316     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020163     Document Type: Article

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