Article
Male-driven evolution.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Dec 2002
Li Wen Hsiung, Yi Soojin, Makova Kateryna
Abstract excerpt
The strength of male-driven evolution - that is, the magnitude of the sex ratio of mutation rate - has been a controversial issue, particularly in primates. While earlier studies estimated the male-to-female ratio (alpha) of mutation rate to be about 4-6 in higher primates, two recent studies claimed that alpha is only about 2 in humans. However, a more recent comparison of mutation rates between a noncoding...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- DNA Methylation
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation