Context-dependent mutation rates may cause spurious signatures of a fixation bias favoring higher GC-content in humans.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Molecular biology and evolution

• Publication date

  2007-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/MOLBEV/MSM149PMID 17656634
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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