Sylke Winkler

Oct 19, 2023 | nature.com | Ashley T. Sendell-Price |Mats Pettersson |Du Kang |Sylke Winkler |Adam M. Phillippy |Erich D. Jarvis | +5 more

AbstractSharks occupy diverse ecological niches and play critical roles in marine ecosystems, often acting as apex predators. They are considered a slow-evolving lineage and have been suggested to exhibit exceptionally low cancer rates. These two features could be explained by a low nuclear mutation rate. Here, we provide a direct estimate of the nuclear mutation rate in the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum).