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Low mutation rate but high male-bias in the germline of a short-lived opossum

2024-12-10

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Age and sex have been found to be important determinants of the mutation rate per generation in mammals, but the mechanisms underlying these factors are still unclear. One approach to distinguishing between alternative mechanisms is to study species that reproduce at very young ages, as competing hypotheses make different predictions about patterns of mutation in these organisms. Here, we study the germline mutati...

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Literature Corpus work: 754f595b-c2bd-5330-8dcd-832cac953af9
DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.05.627076

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