Single base-pair substitutions in pathology and evolution: Two sides to the same coin

Human Mutation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Krawczak, Michael ^a   Cooper, David N ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Genome evolution; Human gene pathology; Mutation rates; Point mutations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOGENES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0029941720     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1996)8:1<23::AID-HUMU3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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