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Sexual selection does not influence minisatellite mutation rate

BACKGROUND: Moller and Cuervo report a significant trend between minisatellite mutation rate and the frequency of extra-pair copulations in birds. This is interpreted as evidence that the high rate of evolution demanded by sexual selection has itself selected for a higher mutation rate in species wh...

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Autor principal: Amos, William
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19133116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-5