Genomic features that predict allelic imbalance in humans suggest patterns of constraint on gene expression variation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2047-2059

  Tung, Jenny ^a   Fédrigo, Olivier ^a   Haygood, Ralph ^a   Mukherjee, Sayan ^a,b,c,d   Wray, Gregory A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic imbalance; Cis regulatory variation; Genetic variation; Support vector machine

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLELIC IMBALANCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 68949197423     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp113     Document Type: Article

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