Replication errors per genome
| Value | 2e-3 Unitless |
|---|---|
| Organism | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Reference | X. Sunney Xie, Paul J. Choi, Gene-Wei Li, Nam Ki Lee, and Giuseppe Lia, 'Single-Molecule Approach to Molecular Biology in Living Bacterial Cells', Annu. Rev. Biophys. 2008. 37:p.419PubMed ID18573089 |
| Primary Source | Drake JW, A constant rate of spontaneous mutation in DNA-based microbes.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Aug 1588(16):7160-4PubMed ID1831267 |
| Comments | A nearly invariant microbial mutation rate appears to have evolved. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 102009 |