Identification and characterization of lineage-specific highly conserved noncoding sequences in mammalian genomes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 641-657

  Takahashi, Mahoko ^a,b,c   Saitou, Naruya ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conserved noncoding sequence; Lineage specific evolution; Mammals

Indexed keywords

CALLITRICHIDAE; MAMMALIA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; RAT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALLITHRIX; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIMATES; RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84865416771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs035     Document Type: Article

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