Transposable elements are a significant contributor to tandem repeats in the human genome

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ahmed, Musaddeque ^a   Liang, Ping ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84864920042     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: 15326268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/947089     Document Type: Article

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