Tandem-repeat patterns and mutation rates in microsatellites of the nematode model organism Pristionchus pacificus.

doi:10.1534/g3.112.003129

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Tandem-repeat patterns and mutation rates in microsatellites of the nematode model organism Pristionchus pacificus.

G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 1 Sept 2012

Molnar Ruxandra I, Witte Hanh, Dinkelacker Iris, Villate Laure, Sommer Ralf J

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Modern evolutionary biology requires integrative approaches that combine life history, population structure, ecology, and development. The nematode Pristionchus pacificus has been established as a model system in which these aspects can be studied in one organism. P. pacificus has well-developed...

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Alleles
Animals
Evolution, Molecular
Genome
Microsatellite Repeats
Mutation Rate
Nematoda

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