The recombination landscape of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata genome

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-495

  Backström, Niclas ^a   Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^b   Schielzeth, Holger ^a,b   Mellenius, Harriet ^a   Nam, Kiwoong ^a   Bolund, Elisabeth ^b   Webster, Matthew T ^a   Öst, Torbjörn ^c   Schneider, Melanie ^b   Kempenaers, Bart ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77950628781     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.101410.109     Document Type: Article

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