A comparison of humans and baboons suggests germline mutation rates do not track cell divisions
F. L. Wu, A. Strand, C. Ober, J. D. Wall, P. Moorjani, M. Przeworski
This paper compares germline mutation rates between humans and baboons, finding similar male mutation bias despite differences in reproductive timing, challenging the cell division hypothesis.
bioRxiv · Nov 16, 2019Evolutionary Biology