The influence of premeiotic clusters of mutation on indirect estimations of mutation rate.

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Based on the hypothesis that rare alleles are in mutation and random loss equilibrium, mutation rate can be indirectly estimated by measuring the number of rare variants and the average existing time of a mutant allele. This method can be applied to estimate the mutation rate in humans. However, this estimation of mutation rate is affected by the presence of premeiotic clusters of mutation. Mutation clusters...

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