How important is DNA replication for mutagenesis?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 929-937

  Huttley, Gavin A ^a   Jakobsen, Ingrid B ^a   Wilson, Susan R ^b   Easteal, Simon ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CpG methylation; DNA replication; Male biased mutation; Mammals; Mutation; Short tandem repeat loci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; TANDEM REPEAT;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034076857     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026373     Document Type: Article

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