Germline de novo mutation rate of the highly heterozygous amphioxus genome
Jing Xue, Tao Lei, Junwei Cao, Liang Wu, Guang Li, Cai Li
The paper measures de novo mutation rates in amphioxus, finding a mutation rate comparable to vertebrates and attributing high heterozygosity to large population size.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Jan 13, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics