Human-specific tandem repeat expansion and differential gene expression during primate evolution

Sulovari, A; Li, RY; Audano, PA; Porubsky, D; Vollger, MR; Logsdon, GA; Warren, WC; Pollen, AA; Chaisson, MJP; Eichler, EE

Eichler, EE (reprint author), Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept Genome Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.; Eichler, EE (reprint author), Univ Washington, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2019; 116 (46): 23243

Abstract

Short tandem repeats (STRs) and variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) are important sources of natural and disease-causing variation, yet they have b......

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