Mutation rates per genome per replication in microbes with DNA chromosomes

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Organism Microbes
Reference Drake JW, Charlesworth B, Charlesworth D, Crow JF. Rates of spontaneous mutation. Genetics. 1998 Apr148(4):1667-86. p.1670 table 4PubMed ID9560386
Primary Source Drake JW, A constant rate of spontaneous mutation in DNA-based microbes.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Aug 15 88(16):7160-4PubMed ID1831267
Method (primary source:) Many replicate cultures are grown from small mutant-free inocula until roughly half have experienced a mutation, and the cultures are then scored for average population size and for mutants.
Entered by Uri M
ID 106788