No effect of recombination on the efficacy of natural selection in primates

Genome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-554

  Bullaughey, Kevin ^a   Przeworski, Molly ^a   Coop, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONKEY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MACACA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X CHROMOSOME;

MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 41649086818     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.071548.107     Document Type: Article

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