Replication slippage versus point mutation rates in short tandem repeats of the human genome

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Pumpernik, Danilo ^a   Oblak, Borut ^a   Borštnik, Branko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Homo sapiens; Microsatellite mutability; Pan troglodytes; Replication slippage probability; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REPLICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ALU ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PAN TROGLODYTES; POINT MUTATION; POLY A; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOMO SAPIENS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 36949030790     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0294-1     Document Type: Article

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