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Overall, we find a 2- to 4-fold increase in the SNP frequency at positions immediately adjacent to the boundaries of MNRs, relative to that at more distant bases. This relationship exhibits a strong asymmetry between 3\u2032 and 5\u2032 ends of repeat tracts and is dependent upon the repeat motif, length and orientation of surrounding repeats. Our analysis suggests that the incorporation or exclusion of bases adjacent to the boundary of the repeat through substitutions, in which these nucleotides mutate towards or away from the base present within the repeat, respectively, may be another mechanism by which MNRs expand and contract in the human genome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0kjsiddle@pasteur.fr<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Supplementary information: \u00a0Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btr067","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,2,11]],"date-time":"2011-02-11T20:30:50Z","timestamp":1297456250000},"page":"895-898","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Bases adjacent to mononucleotide repeats show an increased single nucleotide polymorphism frequency in the human genome"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"K. 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