Spontaneous mutation and parental age in humans.

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Summary

A firm answer to the question of parental age and new mutation awaits identification of the molecular defect underlying some of these syndromes; a parsimonious conclusion is that mutations fall into two groups, one with a high rate of increase with age and the other with a low rate of rise with age.

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article
Published
1987-08-01
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Keywords

Incidence (geometry), Paternal age, Neurofibromatosis, Mutation rate, Apert syndrome

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