On parameters of the human genome

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-104

  Li, Wentian ^a  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome size; Human genes; Karyotype; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOME; HUMAN EVOLUTION; KARYOTYPE; PARAMETERIZATION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CROSSING OVER; DIPLOIDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOME SIZE; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; ISOCHORE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; ISOCHORES; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80053105129     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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