Multi-nucleotide de novo Mutations in Humans.

Mutation of the DNA molecule is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. In this study, we use 283 parent-offspring trios to estimate the rate of mutation for both single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and short length variants (indels) in humans and examine the mutation process. We found 17812...

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Main Authors: Søren Besenbacher, Patrick Sulem, Agnar Helgason, Hannes Helgason, Helgi Kristjansson, Aslaug Jonasdottir, Adalbjorg Jonasdottir, Olafur Th Magnusson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Gisli Masson, Augustine Kong, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Kari Stefansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5147774?pdf=render