Variation in genome-wide mutation rates within and between human families

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GermlineBiologyGeneticsGermline mutationGermline mosaicismOffspringMutationGenomeGene

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Wellcome Sanger Institute GB

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 43
Issue: 7
Pages: 712-714
Citations: 602
Access: Closed

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                                    Donald F. Conrad, 
                                
                                    Jonathan Keebler, 
                                
                                    Mark A. DePristo
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Variation in genome-wide mutation rates within and between human families. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 43
                            (7)
                            , 712-714.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.862
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng.862