Modeling neutral evolution of Alu elements using a branching process

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Kimmel, Marek ^a,b   Mathaes, Matthias ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSTATISTICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ALU ELEMENTS; BIOSTATISTICS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 76749131135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-S1-S11     Document Type: Article

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