Evolutionarily stable mutation rates.

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I investigate the hypothesis that mutation rates in natural populations are determined by a balance between: (1) selection against deleterious mutations favouring lower mutation rates, and (2) selection opposing further reduction of the mutation rate, resulting from the costs incurred by more stringent proof-reading and repair (for example, a reduction in the rate of DNA replication). The influence of...

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