Number of germ line cell divisions

Range ~100 Divisions/generation
Organism Vertebrates
Reference Lynch M, Conery JS. The origins of genome complexity. Science. 2003 Nov 21 302(5649):1401-4. p.1402 left column top paragraphPubMed ID14631042
Primary Source Drake JW, Charlesworth B, Charlesworth D, Crow JF. Rates of spontaneous mutation. Genetics. 1998 Apr148(4):1667-86.PubMed ID9560386
Entered by Uri M
ID 106964