A comparison of methods to detect recombination hotspots

Human Heredity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-169

  Tapper, William ^a   Gibson, Jane ^a   Morton, Newton E ^a   Collins, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linkage; Linkage disequilibrium map; Population differences; Recombination hot spot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; METHODS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 46249122935     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126050     Document Type: Article

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