The spectra of point mutations in vertebrate genomes

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-106

  Albrecht Buehler, Guenter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto mutagenesis; Evolution; Point mutation; Repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; REPETITIVE DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PUFFER FISH; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POINT MUTATION; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TETRAODONTIFORMES; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; PAN; RATTUS; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57049097252     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.080081     Document Type: Article

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