HapMap methylation-associated SNPs, markers of germline DNA methylation, positively correlate with regional levels of human meiotic recombination

Genome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 581-589

  Sigurdsson, Martin I ^a,b   Smith, Albert V ^c   Bjornsson, Hans T ^d,e   Jonsson, Jon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 63849094762     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.086181.108     Document Type: Article

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