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Nature Genetics 39, 1384–1389 (1 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/ng.2007.19

Recurrent DNA copy number variation in the laboratory mouse

Chris M Egan , Srinath Sridhar , Michael Wigler & Ira M Hall

Different species, populations and individuals vary considerably in the copy number of discrete segments of their genomes. The manner and frequency with which these genetic differences arise over generational time is not well understood.