Scale invariant correlations between genes and SNPs on Human chromosome 1 reveal potential evolutionary mechanisms

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329-340

  Kendal, Wayne S ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exponential dispersion models; Scale invariance; Self similar process

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CORRELATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECOMBINATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33847012601     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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