Exploring the genesis and functions of Human Accelerated Regions sheds light on their role in human evolution

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-21

  Hubisz, Melissa J ^a   Pollard, Katherine S ^b  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACCELERATED REGION; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOMINID; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

DNA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84906496320     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.07.005     Document Type: Review

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