The Role of Recombination in the Origin and Evolution of Alu Subfamilies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Teixeira Silva, Ana ^a   Silva, Raquel M ^a   Carneiro, João ^a   Amorim, António ^a   Azevedo, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDEL MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84878637862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064884     Document Type: Article

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