Sex-specific mutation rates in salmonid fish.

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If germline mutations arise because of replication errors, the mutation rate may differ between males and females given that they differ in their number of germ cell divisions. As males of many higher organisms produce more gametes than females, this has led to the idea of "male-driven evolution." The extent of such male bias to the mutation rate is currently debated. For human some recent data suggest a very low...

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