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Evidence for widespread convergent evolution around human microsatellites.

PLoS biology - 1 Aug 2004

Vowles Edward J, Amos William

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Microsatellites are a major component of the human genome, and their evolution has been much studied. However, the evolution of microsatellite flanking sequences has received less attention, with reports of both high and low mutation rates and of a tendency for microsatellites to cluster. From th...

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PMID: 15314644
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020199
PMCID: PMC509290

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