Quantifying the genomic decay paradox due to Muller's ratchet in human mitochondrial DNA.

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Published in Genet Res on April 01, 2006

Authors

Laurence Loewe1

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, UK. Laurence.Loewe@evolutionary-research.net

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