Insights from the classic work of Luria and Delbriick on bacterial mutation rates may be applied to tracking human gene defects prevalent in isolated populations.
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Davies, K. Message in a bottle. Nature 360, 90 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/360090a0
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