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The Molecular Anatomy of Spontaneous Germline Mutations in Human Testes

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PLoS Biol, 5 (9): e224 (August 2007)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050224

Abstract

<p>The frequency of Apert syndrome mutations is 100-1,000 times higher than expected from average mutation rates, and it is due to positive selection in the testis increasing the frequency of germ cells carrying the defect.</p>

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