Mutation rate variation in multicellular eukaryotes: Causes and consequences

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 619-631

  Baer, Charles F ^a   Miyamoto, Michael M ^a   Denver, Dee R ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC RATE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34447564992     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2158     Document Type: Review

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