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Spontaneous Mutation: Comparative Rates of Spontaneous Mutation

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DRAKE, J. Spontaneous Mutation: Comparative Rates of Spontaneous Mutation. Nature 221, 1132 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211132a0

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