High mutation rate of a long microsatellite allele in Drosophila melanogaster provides evidence for allele-specific mutation rates.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025855

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High mutation rate of a long microsatellite allele in Drosophila melanogaster provides evidence for allele-specific mutation rates.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 1998

Schlötterer C, Ritter R, Harr B, Brem G

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Within recent years, microsatellite have become one of the most powerful genetic markers in biology. For several mammalian species, microsatellite mutation rates have been estimated on the order of 10(-3)-10(-5). A recent study, however, demonstrated mutation rates in Drosophila melanogaster of a...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Breeding
Chromosomes
Dinucleotide Repeats
Drosophila melanogaster
Mutation

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