Proteome size as the major factor determining mutation rates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Massey, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEOME;

BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CODON; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENTOMOPLASMATACEAE; GENETIC DRIFT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

EID: 84874583533     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219306110     Document Type: Letter

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