Mutational dynamics of microsatellites

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-266

  Bhargava, Atul ^a   Fuentes, F F ^b  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

Evolutionary dynamics; Genome size; Homoplasy; Mismatch repair; Mutational models; Replication slippage

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; GENETIC MAPPING; GENOME SIZES; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOPLASY; MICRO SATELLITE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MICROSATELLITES; MISMATCH REPAIR; POLYMORPHIC DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; PROKARYOTIC GENOMES; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS;

BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GENES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME SIZE; HOMOPLASY; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT;

EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77649232847     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-009-9230-4     Document Type: Review

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