Human Germline Mutation and the Erratic Evolutionary Clock

Priya Moorjani; Ziyue Gao; Molly Przeworski

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2000744

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Human Germline Mutation and the Erratic Evolutionary Clock

Priya Moorjani ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Priya Moorjani, Ziyue Gao

* E-mail: pm2730@columbia.edu (PM); ziyuegao@stanford.edu (ZG); mp3284@columbia.edu (MP)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Ziyue Gao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Priya Moorjani, Ziyue Gao

* E-mail: pm2730@columbia.edu (PM); ziyuegao@stanford.edu (ZG); mp3284@columbia.edu (MP)

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute & Dept. of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Molly Przeworski

* E-mail: pm2730@columbia.edu (PM); ziyuegao@stanford.edu (ZG); mp3284@columbia.edu (MP)

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Human Germline Mutation and the Erratic Evolutionary Clock

Priya Moorjani,
Ziyue Gao,
Molly Przeworski

Published: October 19, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000744
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About the Authors

Priya Moorjani

Contributed equally to this work with: Priya Moorjani, Ziyue Gao

* E-mail: pm2730@columbia.edu (PM); ziyuegao@stanford.edu (ZG); mp3284@columbia.edu (MP)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Ziyue Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Priya Moorjani, Ziyue Gao

* E-mail: pm2730@columbia.edu (PM); ziyuegao@stanford.edu (ZG); mp3284@columbia.edu (MP)

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute & Dept. of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Molly Przeworski

* E-mail: pm2730@columbia.edu (PM); ziyuegao@stanford.edu (ZG); mp3284@columbia.edu (MP)

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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