Mutational Mechanisms for Generating Microsatellite Allele-Frequency Distributions: An Analysis of 4,558 Markers

Martin Farrall; Daniel E. Weeks

doi:10.1086/301829

journal article Open Access May 01, 1998

Mutational Mechanisms for Generating Microsatellite Allele-Frequency Distributions: An Analysis of 4,558 Markers

Martin Farrall

Daniel E. Weeks

The American Journal of Human Genetics Vol. 62 No. 5 pp. 1260-1262 · Elsevier BV

View at Publisher Save 10.1086/301829

Topics

No keywords indexed for this article. Browse by subject →

References

12

[1]

Chakraborty "Relative mutation rates at di-, tri-, and tetranucleotide microsatellite loci" Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (1997) 10.1073/pnas.94.3.1041

[2]

Deka "Population genetics of dinucleotide (dC-dA)n · (dG-dT)n polymorphisms in world populations" Am J Hum Genet (1995)

[3]

A comprehensive genetic map of the human genome based on 5,264 microsatellites

Colette Dib, Sabine Fauré, Cécile Fizames et al.

Nature 1996 10.1038/380152a0

[4]

Di Rienzo "Mutational processes of simple-sequence repeat loci in human populations" Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (1994) 10.1073/pnas.91.8.3166

[5]

Kimmel "Measures of variation at DNA repeat loci under a general stepwise mutation model" Theor Popul Biol (1996) 10.1006/tpbi.1996.0035

[6]

Lange (1997)

[7]

Primmer "Directional evolution in germline microsatellite mutations" Nat Genet (1996) 10.1038/ng0896-391

[8]

Rubinsztein "Microsatellite evolution—evidence for directionality and variation in rate between species" Nat Genet (1995) 10.1038/ng0795-337

[9]

Rubinsztein "Mutational bias provides a model for the evolution of Huntington's disease and predicts a general increase in disease prevalence" Nat Genet (1994) 10.1038/ng0894-525

[10]

SAS Institute (1990)

[11]

Shriver "VNTR allele frequency distributions under the stepwise mutation model: a computer simulation approach" Genetics (1993) 10.1093/genetics/134.3.983

[12]

Valdes "Allele frequencies at microsatellite loci: the stepwise mutation model revisited" Genetics (1993) 10.1093/genetics/133.3.737

Metrics

18

Citations

12

References

Details

Published: May 01, 1998
Vol/Issue: 62(5)
Pages: 1260-1262
License: View

Authors

Cite This Article

Martin Farrall, Daniel E. Weeks (1998). Mutational Mechanisms for Generating Microsatellite Allele-Frequency Distributions: An Analysis of 4,558 Markers. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 62(5), 1260-1262. https://doi.org/10.1086/301829

Mutational Mechanisms for Generating Microsatellite Allele-Frequency Distributions: An Analysis of 4,558 Markers

You May Also Like