Overview of Structural Genomics figure 12-1A: 12-B : Focus on BRCA1[breast cancer gene]
Sequence Hierarchy figure 12-2
The human alpha and beta hemoglobin gene families contain functional and pseudogenes. What is a pseudogene?
Tandem Repeats of Histone Genes in Sea Urchin and Fruit Fly.
Chromosome Ends or Telemeres
VNTR - Variable Number of Tandem Repeats - figure 12-10
Retrotransposons propagate themselves by reverse transcriptase in corn these elements may constitute as much as 50% of the total DNA
Lines and Sines Long and Short Interspersed Elements are often equated with selfish DNA - figure 12-13 also figure 12-14
Mini- and Micro-satellite markers - insert
Additional Markers Rapids
Text iGenetics by Peter J. Russell
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