1997
Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding human U2 snRNA (the RNU2 locus) involves rapid intrachromosomal homogenization and rare interchromosomal gene conversion
Liao D, Pavelitz T, Kidd J, Kidd K, Weiner A. Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding human U2 snRNA (the RNU2 locus) involves rapid intrachromosomal homogenization and rare interchromosomal gene conversion. The EMBO Journal 1997, 16: 588-598. PMID: 9034341, PMCID: PMC1169662, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.3.588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceChromosomesCloning, MolecularDNA, SatelliteElectrophoresis, Agar GelEvolution, MolecularGenetic MarkersHaplotypesHumansLinkage DisequilibriumMolecular Sequence DataPedigreePolymorphism, GeneticPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthPrimatesRecombination, GeneticRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA, Small NuclearSequence AnalysisConceptsU2 tandem arrayTandem arraysConcerted evolutionIntrachromosomal homogenizationU2 snRNAInterchromosomal gene conversionHuman U2 snRNARepeat unitsGenetic exchangeU2 genesGene conversionChromosome lineagesIndependent assortmentFlanking markersDiverse panelGenesMicrosatellite polymorphismSnRNACT alleleSacISacI polymorphismPolymorphismAllelesChromatid exchangesPrimary driving force
1996
Minisatellite diversity supports a recent African origin for modern humans
Armour J, Anttinen T, May C, Vega E, Sajantila A, Kidd J, Kidd K, Bertranpetit J, Pääbo S, Jeffreys A. Minisatellite diversity supports a recent African origin for modern humans. Nature Genetics 1996, 13: 154-160. PMID: 8640220, DOI: 10.1038/ng0696-154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecent African originNon-African populationsModern human diversityAllelic diversityMinisatellite diversityVariable lociAncestral relationshipsHuman chromosomesAllelic structureAfrican originGreat diversityDiversityHuman diversityAfrican chromosomesChromosomesAllele familiesLociModern humansDifferent populations
1990
Extensive sequence polymorphisms associated with chromosome 10 alpha satellite DNA and its close linkage to markers from the pericentromeric region
Wu J, Kidd K. Extensive sequence polymorphisms associated with chromosome 10 alpha satellite DNA and its close linkage to markers from the pericentromeric region. Human Genetics 1990, 84: 279-282. PMID: 1968036, DOI: 10.1007/bf00200575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha satellite DNAExtensive sequence polymorphismSatellite DNAPericentromeric regionSequence polymorphismsExcellent genetic markerCentromeric regionsDNA markersGenetic markersEnzyme PstILOD scoreClose linkagePositive lod scoresLinkage studiesDNAType 2AIndependent supportPolymorphismCentromeresMorphsMarkersRBP3LociDistance relationshipsEcoRV