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Comprehensive analysis of Alu-associated diversity on the human sex chromosomes.
Gene - 23 Oct 2003
Callinan Pauline A, Hedges Dale J, Salem Abdel-Halim, Xing Jinchuan, Walker Jerilyn A, Garber Randall K, Watkins W Scott, Bamshad Michael J, Jorde Lynn B, Batzer Mark A
Abstract excerpt
A comprehensive analysis of the human sex chromosomes was undertaken to assess Alu-associated human genomic diversity and to identify novel Alu insertion polymorphisms for the study of human evolution. Three hundred forty-five recently integrated Alu elements from eight different Alu subfamilies were identified on the X and Y chromosomes, 225 of which were selected and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)....
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