IGV viewing files to view genomic features of the human ribosomal DNA (rDNA) such as conservation with primates, transcripts, chromatin features, and repeats. As part of a comparative genomics study to identify potential functional elements in the human rDNA IGS by phylogenetic footprinting.
Funding
Auckland Medical Research Foundation (4108008), New Zealand Marsden Fund (14-MAU-053), PhD scholarship from the Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University