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Microsatellite evolution--evidence for directionality and variation in rate between species.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 1995
Rubinsztein D C, Amos W, Leggo J, Goodburn S, Jain S, Li S H, Margolis R L, Ross C A, Ferguson-Smith M A
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellite DNA sequences are rapidly becoming the dominant source of nuclear genetic markers for a wide range of applications, from genome mapping to forensic testing to population studies. If misinterpretation is to be avoided, it is vital that we understand fully the way in which microsatellite sequences evolve. We have therefore compared allele length distributions for 42 microsatellites in humans with...
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