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From: (John Chandler)
Subject: Re: [DNA] Back Mutation and Parallel Mutation
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:53:34 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050701130611.037e4ca8@lafn.org> (message from RobertDavenport on Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:07:12 -0700)
Robert wrote:
> I thought perhaps there was a "rubber band" effect, in which there was a
> greater probability that it might "spring back" to its original marker
> value, then to mutate in a different direction?
That depends on whether you want to invoke some kind of palindromic
recombination effect. As far as I know, most of the markers we use
are not in palindromic sections, and therefore there is no memory
of the "original" value.
John Chandler
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