Genome nucleotide composition shapes variation in simple sequence repeats

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 899-909

  Tian, Xiangjun ^a   Strassmann, Joan E ^a   Queller, David C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative genomics; microsatellite; nucleotide composition; simple sequence repeat

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SPECIES;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUKARYOTA; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

PROTISTA;

EID: 78751474683     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq266     Document Type: Article

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