Gene expression, synteny, and local similarity in human noncoding mutation rates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1820-1830

  Webster, Matthew T ^a   Smith, Nick G C ^a,c   Lercher, Martin J ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene density; Gene expression; Giemsa bands; Human mouse synteny blocks; Mutation rate; Recombination

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 7; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; MUTATION RATE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 4944229463     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh181     Document Type: Article

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