Microsatellite Evolution at Two Hypervariable Loci Revealed by Extensive Avian Pedigrees

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2003

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Beck, Nadeena
Double, Michael
Cockburn, Andrew

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Society for Molecular Biology Evolution

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Genealogies generated through a long-term study of superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) were used to investigate mutation within two hypervariable microsatellite loci. Of 3,230 meioses examined at the tetranucleotide locus (Mcyμ8), 45 mutations were iden

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Keywords: dinucleotide; microsatellite DNA; allele; article; controlled study; fowl; gene deletion; gene locus; gene mutation; genetic variability; genotype; meiosis; microsatellite instability; molecular evolution; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; pedigree; Alleles; Malurus cyaneus; Microsatellites; Mutation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72045

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ANU Research Publications

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Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Journal article

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10.1093/molbev/msg005

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