NRE: A tool for exploring neutral loci in the human genome

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Arbiza, Leonardo ^a   Zhong, Elaine ^a   Keinan, Alon ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED FEATURES; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FILTERING PROCESS; GENETIC DISTANCES; GENETIC STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME BROWSERS; HUMAN GENOMES; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUTRAL REGION; RECOMBINATION RATE; STANDARD FORMAT;

FILTRATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOFTWARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868695684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-301     Document Type: Article

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