Hotspots of mammalian chromosomal evolution

This study reports an abundance of primate-specific segmental duplications at the breakpoints of syntenic blocks in the human genome. Segmental duplications are associated with syntenic rearrangements but do not necessarily cause them.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bailey, Jeffrey A, Baertsch, Robert, Kent, W James, Haussler, David, Eichler, Evan E
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2004
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC395782/