Mono-nucleotide repeats (MNRs): A neglected polymorphism for generating high density genetic maps in silico

Human Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-220

  Cohen, Helit ^a   Danim Poleg, Yael ^a   Cohen, Cyril J ^a   Sprecher, Eli ^b   Darvasi, Ariel ^c,d   Kashi, Yechezkel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d IDgene Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME MARKER; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EUKARYOTA;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 4344574414     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-004-1135-5     Document Type: Article

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