Mutation rate: A simple concept has become complex

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 292-300

  Thompson Jr , James N ^a   Woodruff, R C ^b   Huai, Haiying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Germinal mosaics; Mutagenesis; Mutation frequency; Mutation rate; Prremeiotic mutation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MUTATION;

EID: 0032416659     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1998)32:4<292::AID-EM2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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