Nonrandom: The Secret Life of DNA Mutations

Darwin doubted that chance alone could explain the variation among life forms - and cutting-edge research is proving him right.

Nonrandom: The Secret Life of DNA Mutations challenges one of the most deeply held assumptions in evolutionary biology: that mutations are random events, equally likely to occur anywhere in the genome at any time. According to new research, different species have wildly different mutation rates; neighbouring genes are characterized by different mutational patterns;...