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Gene Conversion

Known as: Conversion, Gene, Conversions, Gene, Gene Conversions 
The asymmetrical segregation of genes during replication which leads to the production of non-reciprocal recombinant strands and the apparent… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Genome Copy Numbers and Gene Conversion in Methanogenic Archaea
ABSTRACT Previous studies revealed that one species of methanogenic archaea, Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, is polyploid, while a… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
RAD51-Dependent Break-Induced Replication Differs in Kinetics and Checkpoint Responses from RAD51-Mediated Gene Conversion
ABSTRACT Diploid Saccharomyces cells experiencing a double-strand break (DSB) on one homologous chromosome repair the break by… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Gene conversion and different population histories may explain the contrast between polymorphism and linkage disequilibrium levels.
To characterize linkage disequilibrium (LD) levels in human populations, we have analyzed 10 independent noncoding segments in… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Predominance of Duplicative VSG Gene Conversion in Antigenic Variation in African Trypanosomes
ABSTRACT A number of mechanisms have been described by which African trypanosomes undergo the genetic switches that… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Genetic Variation of the Borrelia burgdorferi Gene vlsE Involves Cassette-Specific, Segmental Gene Conversion
ABSTRACT The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferipossesses 15 silent vls cassettes and a vlsexpression site (vlsE… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Genomic variation and gene conversion in spinal muscular atrophy: implications for disease process and clinical phenotype.
Autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is classified, on the basis of age at onset and severity, into three types… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Complex gene conversion events in germline mutation at human minisatellites
Mutation at the human minisatellites MS32, MS205 and MS31A has been investigated by characterizing mutant alleles in pedigrees… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Polymorphism of human Ia antigens: gene conversion between two DR β loci results in a new HLA-D/DR specificity
The polymorphic HLA-DR β-chains are encoded within the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) by multiple loci resulting… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Gene conversion between duplicated genetic elements in yeast
The mitotic recombination behaviour of a duplication of the his4 region on chromosome III in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Intrachromosomal gene conversion in yeast
We have shown that the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a mechanism by which information from one gene can be transferred non… 
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