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. 1978 Jul 27;274(5669):317-21.
doi: 10.1038/274317a0.

Mutator genes--pacemakers of evolution

J N Thompson Jr, R C Woodruff

Mutator genes--pacemakers of evolution

J N Thompson Jr et al. Nature. .

Abstract

Initially a genetic oddity, male recombination in Drosophilaelanogaster is now being viewed as a means of detecting mutator activity and chromosome breakage in hybridising populations and is causing us to reconsider the source and rate at which genetic variability may be generated in nature.

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