Hotspots of homologous recombination in the human genome: Not all homologous sequences are equal

Genome Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Lupski, James R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA;

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 8444225364     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-242     Document Type: Short Survey

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