Loaded dice for human genome mutation

Journal article

Not all bases in the human genome are equally prone to chance mutations. Michaelson et al. show that individuals can acquire clusters of de novo DNA changes and propose that the likelihood of single base pair change differs across three orders of magnitude. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.

Authors: Ponting, C

• Journal: Cell
• Volume: 151
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1399-1400
• Publication date: 2012-12-21
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.002
• EISSN: 1097-4172
• ISSN: 0092-8674
• Language: English