Human Germline Mutation and the Erratic Evolutionary Clock

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Moorjani, Priya ^a   Gao, Ziyue ^b   Przeworski, Molly ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL STUDY; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PEDIGREE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GERMLINE MUTATION; MUTATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84995579243     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000744     Document Type: Article

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