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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fan H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857172 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PeerJ 20180314
Mutation rate is usually found to covary with many life history traits of animals such as body mass, which has been readily explained by the higher number of mutation opportunities per unit time. Although the precise reason for the pattern is not yet clear, to determine the universality of this pattern, we tested whether life history traits impact another form of genetic mutation, the motif mismatches in microsatellites. Employing published genome sequences from 65 avian species, we explored the ...[more]