Microsatellites are molecular clocks that support accurate inferences about history

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1017-1027

  Sun, James X ^a,b,d,e   Mullikin, James C ^c   Patterson, Nick ^a   Reich, David E ^a,b  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Average square distance; Coalescent time; F ST; Microsatellite evolution; Molecular clocks; SNP ascertainment bias

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TIME FACTORS;

PAN;

EID: 65349177267     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp025     Document Type: Article

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