The mysteries of chromosome evolution in gibbons: Methylation is a prime suspect

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Brown, Judith D ^a   O'Neill, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GIBBON; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HAPLORHINI; NOTE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYLOBATES;

EID: 67651208844     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000501     Document Type: Short Survey

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