Mutation rate
| Value | 1 mutation/genome/replication |
|---|---|
| Organism | RNA viruses |
| Reference | Anderson JP, Daifuku R, Loeb LA. Viral error catastrophe by mutagenic nucleosides. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2004 58 :183-205. p.185 1st paragraphPubMed ID15487935 |
| Comments | When normalized to genome length, the mutation rate of riboviruses is approximately 1 mutation per genome per genome duplication retroviruses have a lower mutation rate, and DNA viruses and bacteria have a much lower mutation rate, near 0.0034 (Drake 1999, PMID 10415476) |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 106247 |