Generation of diversity at the human beta-defensin copy number

Submicroscopic structural genomic variation includes copy number variation (CNV) that can result changes in DNA dosage, and the impacts can be observed on common disease, metabolism, and heritable traits such as colour vision and rhesus blood group. Human beta-defensins form a cluster of at least se...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abu Bakar, Suhaili
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11553/