2007
High Incidence of Nonslippage Mechanisms Generating Variability and Complexity in Eurasian Badger Microsatellites
López-Giráldez F, Marmi J, Domingo-Roura X. High Incidence of Nonslippage Mechanisms Generating Variability and Complexity in Eurasian Badger Microsatellites. Journal Of Heredity 2007, 98: 620-628. PMID: 17728273, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm068.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Analyses of carnivore microsatellites and their intimate association with tRNA-derived SINEs
López-Giráldez F, Andrés O, Domingo-Roura X, Bosch M. Analyses of carnivore microsatellites and their intimate association with tRNA-derived SINEs. BMC Genomics 2006, 7: 269. PMID: 17059596, PMCID: PMC1634856, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-269.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Phylogenetic inference and comparative evolution of a complex microsatellite and its flanking regions in carnivores
DOMINGO-ROURA X, LÓPEZ-GIRÁLDEZ F, SAEKI M, MARMI J. Phylogenetic inference and comparative evolution of a complex microsatellite and its flanking regions in carnivores. Genetics Research 2005, 85: 223-233. PMID: 16174341, DOI: 10.1017/s0016672305007512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic inferenceRepetitive motifsFlanking regionsBasal positionNon-coding lociAncestral DNA sequencesShort repetitive motifsHigh mutation rateRepeat additionDNA sequencesCarnivore phylogenyComplex microsatelliteMutational changesCarnivore speciesMutation rateMonotypic familyAilurus fulgensRed pandaMutational hotspotsTree topologyLociRepeat expansionComparative evolutionMeles melesDeletion