Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 4 , Pages 433-437 , October 2002

The role of sperm-mediated gene transfer in genome mutation and evolution

  • Kevin R Smith

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. K.R. Smith, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences School of Science and Engineering, University of Abertay Dundee, Kydd Building, Bell Street, DD1 1 HG Dundee, UK

Received 5 September 2001 ,Accepted 20 December 2001.

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Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 4 , Pages 433-437 , October 2002

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