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Mammalian GC Content Is Very Close to Mutational Equilibrium

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I thank Julien Meunier and King Jordan for exceptionally well-curated data sets and Marty Kreitman, Dick Hudson, Hua Tan, Arnar Palsson, and Leigh Van Valen for discussions and encouragement.

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Antezana, M.A. Mammalian GC Content Is Very Close to Mutational Equilibrium. J Mol Evol 61, 834–836 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0158-4

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