Global microsatellite content distinguishes humans, primates, animals, and plants

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2809-2819

  Galindo, C L ^a   McIver, L J ^a   McCormick, J F ^a   Skinner, M A ^b,c   Xie, Y ^d   Gelhausen, R A ^a   Ng, K ^a   Kumar, N M ^a   Garner, H R ^a  

^a McDermott Center for Human Growth   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Microarray; Microsatellites; Speciation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PLANT; PRIMATE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLANTS; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 70450252118     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp192     Document Type: Article

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