Large-scale inference of the point mutational spectrum in human segmental duplications

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent segmental duplications are relatively large (≥ 1 kb) genomic regions of high sequence identity (≥ 90%). They cover approximately 4–5% of the human genome and play important roles in gene evolution and genomic disease. The DNA...

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Main Authors: Rognes Torbjørn, Rødland Einar A, Nakken Sigve, Hovig Eivind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/43