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Mutation and Human Exceptionalism: Our Future Genetic Load.

Genetics - 1 Mar 2016

Lynch Michael

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Although the human germline mutation rate is higher than that in any other well-studied species, the rate is not exceptional once the effective genome size and effective population size are taken into consideration. Human somatic mutation rates are substantially elevated above those in the germline, but this is also seen in other species. What is exceptional about humans is the recent detachment from the...

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PMID: 26953265
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.180471
PMCID: PMC4788123

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