Evolutionary genetics: What is driving male mutation?

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2000, Pages

  McVean, Gilean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034676289     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00787-9     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. The mutation rate of the gene for haemophilia, and its segregation rates in males and females
2. Sex biases in the mutation rate
3. Male-driven molecular evolution: A model and nucleotide sequence analysis
4. Unexpectedly similar rates of nucleotide substitution found in male and female hominids
5. Mutation rates differ among regions of the mammalian genome
6. Evidence for a selectively favourable reduction in the mutation rate of the X chromosome
7. Male-biased mutation rates revealed from Z and W chromosome-linked ATP synthase alpha-subunit (ATP5A1) sequences in birds
8. Male-driven evolution of DNA sequence in birds
9. Germ-line origins of mutation in families with hemophilia B: The sex ratio varies with the type of mutation
10. Methylation levels at selected CpG sites in the factor VIII and FGFR3 genes, in mature female and male germ cells: Implications for male-driven evolution
11. Significance of the perigametic interval as a major source of spontaneous mutations that result in mosaics