Biological basis of germline mutation: Comparisons of spontaneous germline mutation rates among drosophila, mouse, and human

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 25, Issue 2 S, 1995, Pages 48-64

  Drost, Joni B ^a   Lee, William R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; germline; human; mouse; spontaneous mutations

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029078029     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.2850250609     Document Type: Article

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