The Mutationathon highlights the importance of reaching standardization in estimates of pedigree-based germline mutation rates

In the past decade, several studies have estimated the human per-generation germline mutation rate using large pedigrees. More recently, estimates for various nonhuman species have been published. However, methodological differences among studies in detecting germline mutations and estimating mutati...

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Main Authors: Lucie A Bergeron, Søren Besenbacher, Tychele Turner, Cyril J Versoza, Richard J Wang, Alivia Lee Price, Ellie Armstrong, Meritxell Riera, Jedidiah Carlson, Hwei-yen Chen, Matthew W Hahn, Kelley Harris, April Snøfrid Kleppe, Elora H López-Nandam, Priya Moorjani, Susanne P Pfeifer, George P Tiley, Anne D Yoder, Guojie Zhang, Mikkel H Schierup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/73577