Range |
2.1e-8 mutations/site/generation
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Organism |
Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
Reference |
Baer CF, Miyamoto MM, Denver DR. Mutation rate variation in multicellular eukaryotes: causes and consequences. Nat Rev Genet. 2007 Aug8(8):619-31. p.623 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID17637734
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Primary Source |
[49] Denver DR, Morris K, Lynch M, Thomas WK. High mutation rate and predominance of insertions in the Caenorhabditis elegans nuclear genome. Nature. 2004 Aug 5 430(7000):679-82.PubMed ID15295601
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Method |
Mutation accumulation (MA) lines |
Comments |
p.623 left column bottom paragraph: "A survey of mutations in a long-term set of C. elegans MA lines revealed a mutation rate (2.1×10^–8 per site per generation) that is approximately
one order of magnitude greater than the average of previous reporter gene estimates for this species [primary source]." |
Entered by |
Uri M |
ID |
107888 |