Genomic mutation rates: What high-throughput methods can tell us

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 912-920

  Nishant, Koodali T ^a   Singh, Nadia D ^a   Alani, Eric ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Genome; High throughput DNA analysis; Mutation rate; Variability

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70349964711     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900017     Document Type: Review

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