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Minisatellite germline mutation rate in the Techa River population.
Mutation research - 1 Dec 2006
Dubrova Yuri E, Ploshchanskaya Olga G, Kozionova Olga S, Akleyev Alexander V
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutation at eight minisatellite loci has been studied among the irradiated families from the Techa River population and non-exposed families from the rural area of the Chelyabinsk and Kurgan Oblasts. The groups were matched by ethnicity, parental age, occupation and smoking habit. A statistically significant 1.7-fold increase in mutation rate was found in the germline of irradiated fathers, whereas...
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