Evolution of the mutation spectrum across a mammalian phylogeny
A. C. Beichman, J. A. Robinson, M. Lin, A. Moreno-Estrada, S. Nigenda-Morales, K. Harris
The paper quantifies mutation spectrum variation across mammalian species and finds that genetic divergence, not life history traits, best explains mutation spectrum divergence.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2023Evolutionary Biology