Mutation rate variation in eukaryotes: Evolutionary implications of site-specific mechanisms [2]

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  King, D G ^a   Kashi, Y ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; LETTER; MICROORGANISM; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 35349012160     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2158-c1     Document Type: Letter

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