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An Estimate of the Average Number of Recessive Lethal Mutations Carried by Humans

The effects of inbreeding on human health depend critically on the number and severity of recessive, deleterious mutations carried by individuals. In humans, existing estimates of these quantities are based on comparisons between consanguineous and nonconsanguineous couples, an approach that confoun...

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Autores principales: Gao, Ziyue, Waggoner, Darrel, Stephens, Matthew, Ober, Carole, Przeworski, Molly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Genetics Society of America 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25697177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.114.173351