Microsatellite variation and evolutionary history of PCDHX/Y gene pair within the Xq21.3/Yp11.2 hominid-specific homology block

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2092-2101

  Lopes, Alexandra M ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^b   Amorim, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolution; Homo sapiens; Microsatellite variation; Protocadherin X Y; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTOCADHERIN; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; CHROMOSOME YP; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOZAMBIQUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PCDHX Y GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; TIME; TIME TO THE MOST RECENT COMMON ANCESTOR; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PORTUGAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 6344269182     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh218     Document Type: Article

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