Re:A mutational timer is built into the chemistry of DNA
by ABCLAW on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:45PM
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We already know the polymerase error rate is the dominant factor - Comparison between various different polymerase error rates shows differences in error rates span across a 6-7 orders of magnitude.
http://www.jbc.org/content/279/17/16895.full