Estimates of mutation rates from standard methods.
Keywords: mutation accumulation; substitution rate; inbreeding depression; deleterious mutation
Mutation Rates: Data
Stewart T Schultz, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Published online: July 2003
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001732
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