Evidence for a selectively favourable reduction in the mutation rate of the X chromosome

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6623, 1997, Pages 388-392

  McVean, Gilean T ^a   Hurst, Laurence D ^b  

^a Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RATS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030992056     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386388a0     Document Type: Article

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