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Direct estimation of mutations in great apes reveals significant recent human slowdown in the yearly mutation rate
View ORCID ProfileSøren Besenbacher, Christina Hvilsom, View ORCID ProfileTomas Marques-Bonet, View ORCID ProfileThomas Mailund, View ORCID ProfileMikkel Heide Schierup
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/287821
Søren Besenbacher
1Department of Molecular Medicine (MOMA), DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Christina Hvilsom
2Copenhagen Zoo, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Tomas Marques-Bonet
3Institut Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra/CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Thomas Mailund
4Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark
Mikkel Heide Schierup
4Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark
5Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark

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Posted March 23, 2018.
Direct estimation of mutations in great apes reveals significant recent human slowdown in the yearly mutation rate
Søren Besenbacher, Christina Hvilsom, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Thomas Mailund, Mikkel Heide Schierup
bioRxiv 287821; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/287821
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