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Single base-pair substitutions in pathology and evolution: two sides to the same coin

M Krawczak1, D N Cooper

  • 1Institut für Humangenetik, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany.

Human Mutation
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Human genetic mutations show a bias against changes causing disease or altering amino acid function. This pattern is consistent across disease data and evolutionary comparisons, indicating long-term stability in mutation avoidance.

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