Radiation damage accumulation over large time intervals: a descriptive model.

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A simple model of DNA damage (mutation load) accumulation is considered. For time intervals exceeding average life duration, the kinetics of mutation load is determined. The major process determining these kinetics is shown to be natural selection (or any equivalent process of removal of the most affected lines). The characteristic time of this process (which is around three generations) is the approximate time...

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