SOMATIC MUTATIONS. “The influence of somatic mutations on fitness is relevant in plants because of their indeterminate growth and lack of separation between somatic and germ-line tissues, thus violating Weismann’s doctrine. The frequency of somatic mutation should be correlated with the number of mitotic divisions between zygote formation and gamete production.”
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022