Mutability of mononucleotide repeats, not oxidative stress, explains the discrepancy between laboratory-accumulated mutations and the natural allele-frequency spectrum in C. elegans

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Figure 3.
Figure 3.

Sixty-four 3-bp motif base-substitution mutation rates. Motifs are arranged 5′-xYz-3′, with the mutant base Y in the middle position. Error bars, one SEM.

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  1. Published in Advance August 17, 2021, doi: 10.1101/gr.275372.121 Genome Res. 31: 1602-1613

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