The detection and characterization of mutations in genes has become a major area of interest in many areas of biology. Such variation may account for speciation, tumour formation, drug resistance, as well as the more obvious nature of inherited disease.
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Cotton, R., Malcolm, A. Mutation detection. Nature 353, 582–583 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/353582a0
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