Molecular BiologybioRxiv
Evolution of local mutation rate and its determinants
Nadezhda V Terekhanova, Vladimir Seplyarskiy, Ruslan A. Soldatov, Georgii A Bazykin
The paper compares local mutation rates across species and finds that while some variation is explained by genomic features, much remains unexplained and species-specific.
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msx060