Frequent non-reciprocal exchange in microsatellite-containing-DNA-regions of vertebrates

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Ziegler, J O ^a   Walther M ^a   Linzer, T R ^a   Segelbacher, G ^b   Stauss, M ^a   Roos, C ^c   Loeschcke, V ^d   Tomiuk, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascertainment bias; Birds; Gene conversion; Mutation bias; Primates; Slippage

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58349106313     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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