Human Y chromosome copy number variation in the next generation sequencing era and beyond

Human Genetics

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 591-603

  Massaia, Andrea ^a,b   Xue, Yali ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOGENETICS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; Y CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN GENOME; MALE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85017160635     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-017-1788-5     Document Type: Review

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