Genomic signatures of germline gene expression

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1503-1511

  McVicker, Graham ^a,b   Green, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, HUMAN; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649284973     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.106666.110     Document Type: Article

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