Article
Sequence variability of a human pseudogene.
Genome research - 1 Jun 2001
Martínez-Arias R, Calafell F, Mateu E, Comas D, Andrés A, Bertranpetit J
Abstract excerpt
We have obtained haplotypes from the autosomal glucocerebrosidase pseudogene (psGBA) for 100 human chromosomes from worldwide populations, as well as for four chimpanzee and four gorilla chromosomes. In humans, in a 5420-nucleotide stretch analyzed, variation comprises 17 substitutions, a 3-bp deletion, and a length polymorphism at a polyadenine tract. The substitution rate on the pseudogene (1.23 +/- 0.22 x...
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