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Mystery of the mutagenic male

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  • Laurence D. Hurst

    (University of Bath)

  • Hans Ellegren

    (Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University)

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Old fathers are the source of more genetic mutations in their offspring than either young fathers or mothers of any age. But the apparently most plausible explanation for this effect might not hold.

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  • Laurence D. Hurst & Hans Ellegren, 2002. "Mystery of the mutagenic male," Nature, Nature, vol. 420(6914), pages 365-366, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:420:y:2002:i:6914:d:10.1038_420365a
    DOI: 10.1038/420365a
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