Forces shaping the fastest evolving regions in the human genome.

Katherine S Pollard; Sofie R Salama; Bryan King; Andrew D Kern; Tim Dreszer; Sol Katzman; Adam Siepel; Jakob Skou Pedersen; Gill Bejerano; Robert Baertsch; Kate R Rosenbloom; Jim Kent; David Haussler

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0020168

Forces shaping the fastest evolving regions in the human genome.

Katherine S Pollard, Sofie R Salama, Bryan King, Andrew D Kern, Tim Dreszer, Sol Katzman, Adam Siepel, Jakob Skou Pedersen, Gill Bejerano, Robert Baertsch, Kate R Rosenbloom, Jim Kent, David Haussler

Functional genomics

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Abstract

Udgivelsesdato: 2006-Oct-13

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	PLoS Genetics
Vol/bind	2
Udgave nummer	10
Sider (fra-til)	e168
ISSN	1553-7390
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0020168
Status	Udgivet - 2006

Bibliografisk note

Keywords: Animals; Base Pairing; Base Sequence; Conserved Sequence; Evolution, Molecular; Genome, Human; Humans; Molecular Sequence Data; Recombination, Genetic; Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional; Selection (Genetics); Sequence Analysis, DNA; Species Specificity

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