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Male-driven evolution in closely related species of the mouse genus Mus.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Jul 2005
Sandstedt Sara A, Tucker Priscilla K
Abstract excerpt
Recently, other researchers have found that closely related primate species had a lower male-to-female mutation rate ratio (alpha) than distantly related species. To determine if this is a general phenomenon affecting other mammalian orders, eleven species or subspecies of the rodent genus Mus and two outgroup species were compared. Intron sequences from a gene in the nonrecombining region of the Y chromosome...
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