High-Resolution Mapping of Crossover and Non-crossover Recombination Events by Whole-Genome Re-sequencing of an Avian Pedigree

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Smeds, Linnéa ^a   Mugal, Carina F ^a   Qvarnström, Anna ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ART; CHROMOSOME; CPG ISLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLYCATCHER; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PEDIGREE; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CROSSING OVER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MALE; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84974633362     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006044     Document Type: Article

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