Large scale variation in the rate of germ-line de novo mutation, base composition, divergence and diversity in humans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Smith, Thomas C A ^a   Arndt, Peter F ^b   Eyre Walker, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; ISOCHORE; MUTATION RATE; PROBABILITY; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMLINE MUTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DATASETS AS TOPIC; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 85044827598     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007254     Document Type: Article

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