Mutation rates: simpler than we thought?
Mutation rate variation is often explained by varying optimal rates, or through effective population sizes determining the effectiveness of selection. But a rate difference between humans and owl monkeys is now explained mechanistically as a consequence of differing reproductive longevities.
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Elsevier (Cell Press)
2018
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| author | Brookfield, John F.Y. |
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| description | Mutation rate variation is often explained by varying optimal rates, or through effective population sizes determining the effectiveness of selection. But a rate difference between humans and owl monkeys is now explained mechanistically as a consequence of differing reproductive longevities. |
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| spelling | nottingham-536612018-11-07T04:30:20Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53661/ Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? Brookfield, John F.Y. Mutation rate variation is often explained by varying optimal rates, or through effective population sizes determining the effectiveness of selection. But a rate difference between humans and owl monkeys is now explained mechanistically as a consequence of differing reproductive longevities. Elsevier (Cell Press) 2018-07-19 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53661/1/Mutation%20Rates%20Dispatch%20for%20Archive.pdf Brookfield, John F.Y. (2018) Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? Current Biology . ISSN 1879-0445 (In Press) |
| spellingShingle | Brookfield, John F.Y. Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? |
| title | Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? |
| title_full | Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? |
| title_fullStr | Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? |
| title_short | Mutation rates: simpler than we thought? |
| title_sort | mutation rates: simpler than we thought? |
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