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Comment
. 2018 Feb 28;285(1873):20172511.
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2511.

Mutation accumulation is still potentially problematic, despite declining paternal age: a comment on Arslan et al. (2017)

Michael A Woodley Of Menie  1   2 , Matthew A Sarraf  3 , Heitor B F Fernandes  4
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Mutation accumulation is still potentially problematic, despite declining paternal age: a comment on Arslan et al. (2017)

Michael A Woodley Of Menie et al. Proc Biol Sci. .
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Δ average mutations per genome relative to the 1650–1659 birth cohort (the reference sample) under different strengths of negative selection. Temporal correlations of 0.987 (for Ibs values 0.5–0.99) and −0.003 (for Ibs value 0.35). Based on reanalysis of Icelandic data reported in [9].
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