With the Correct Concept of Mutation Rate, Cluster Mutations Can Explain the Overdispersed Molecular Clock

摘要

IN his response to our article ([Huai and Woodruff 1997][1]), Cutler takes it for granted that mutation rate and mutational event rate are the same in multicellular species, but there is fundamental distinction between them when premeiotic mutations give rise to clusters of identical mutant alleles