Haldane and the first estimates of the human mutation rate

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-233

  Nachman, Michael W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemophilia; Mutation; Mutation selection balance

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; THYMINE;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CALCULATION; CPG ISLAND; DEAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GERM LINE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAIZE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; POLYDACTYLY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYNDACTYLY; THEORY; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13844253581     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02717891     Document Type: Note

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