Is spatial occurrence of microsatellites in the genome a determinant of their function and dynamics contributing to genome evolution?

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 859-869

  Grover, Atul ^a,b   Sharma, P C ^a  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Defence Institute of Bio Energy Research   (India)

Author keywords

Genome evolution; Life cycle concept; Microsatellite instabilities; Microsatellites; Mutation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953111717     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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