The human mutation rate is increasing, even as it slows

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 253-257

  Thomas, Gregg W C ^a   Hahn, Matthew W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hominoid slowdown; mutation rate; substitution rate

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

APE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

HOMINOID SLOWDOWN; MUTATION RATE; SUBSTITUTION RATE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84893087006     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst218     Document Type: Article

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