Identification of a unique Alu-based polymorphism and its use in human population studies

Gene

Volumn 390, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 146-152

  Kass, David H ^a   Jamison, Nicole ^a   Mayberry, Melanie M ^a   Tecle, Eillen ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu dimorphism; Alu subfamilies; Retrotransposon; SINE

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ALLELE; ALU SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SAMPLE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLELES; ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PRIMATES;

EID: 33846920296     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.07.035     Document Type: Article

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