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Rate of de novo mutations, father’s age, and disease risk

Mutations generate sequence diversity and provide a substrate for selection. The rate of de novo mutations is therefore of major importance to evolution. We conducted a study of genomewide mutation rate by sequencing the entire genomes of 78 Icelandic parent-offspring trios at high coverage. Here we...

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Autores principales: Kong, Augustine, Frigge, Michael L., Masson, Gisli, Besenbacher, Soren, Sulem, Patrick, Magnusson, Gisli, Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A., Sigurdsson, Asgeir, Jonasdottir, Aslaug, Jonasdottir, Adalbjorg, Wong, Wendy, Sigurdsson, Gunnar, Walters, G. Bragi, Steinberg, Stacy, Helgason, Hannes, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Helgason, Agnar, Magnusson, Olafur Th., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stefansson, Kari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22914163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11396