DNA microsatellites: agents of evolution?

Sci Am. 1999 Jan;280(1):94-9. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0199-94.
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MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological / genetics
  • Animals
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Base Pairing
  • Base Sequence
  • Biological Evolution*
  • DNA Replication
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / metabolism
  • Female
  • Haemophilus influenzae / genetics
  • Humans
  • Lipopolysaccharides / chemistry
  • Male
  • Microsatellite Repeats*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / genetics
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms / genetics
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Phosphorylcholine / analysis

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Phosphorylcholine
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase