| Value |
2.5e-3
Unitless
|
| Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference |
Drake JW, A constant rate of spontaneous mutation in DNA-based microbes.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Aug 15 88(16):7160-4 Table 1PubMed ID1831267
|
| Method |
Value is mean of two strains-hisGDCBHAFE (one measurement), LacI (2 measurements) |
| Comments |
A nearly invariant microbial mutation rate appears to have evolved. For a value an order of magnitude lower, 0.0001-0.0002 substitutions/generation, see BNID 105029, 105031 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
102008 |