The role of mutation rate variation and genetic diversity in the architecture of human disease.

BACKGROUND: We have investigated the role that the mutation rate and the structure of genetic variation at a locus play in determining whether a gene is involved in disease. We predict that the mutation rate and its genetic diversity should be higher in genes associated with disease, unless all gene...

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Main Authors: Ying Chen Eyre-Walker, Adam Eyre-Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937440?pdf=render