Mutation Rate Variation is a Primary Determinant of the Distribution of Allele Frequencies in Humans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Harpak, Arbel ^a   Bhaskar, Anand ^a   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; DNA METHYLATION; EXOME; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANGUTAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMATE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA METHYLATION; EXOME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PONGO; PRIMATES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85007524761     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006489     Document Type: Article

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