Results
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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutation rate | Human Homo sapiens | 1.28E-08 (1.13×10^−8 to 1.43×10^−8) | mutations/site/generation | 112459 | Rahbari R et al., Timing... |
| Spontaneous mutation rate | Human Homo sapiens | ~1e-6 | mutations/gene/cell division | 110652 | Cairns J. 1975. Mutation... |
| Mitochondrial DNA mutation rate | Human Homo sapiens | ~2.7×10^-5 | substitutions/site/generation | 111228 | Schneider S, Excoffier... |
| Mutation rate per generation | Human Homo sapiens | 1.1E-08 (6.8E-09 to 1.7E-08) | Mutations/site/generation | 105919 | Roach et al., Analysis... |
| Mutation rate | RNA viruses | 1 | mutation/genome/replication | 106247 | Anderson JP, Daifuku R... |
| Mutation rate | Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans | 0.8e-8 | mutations/site/generation | 107886 | Baer CF, Miyamoto MM... |
| Mutation rate | Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans | 2.1e-8 | mutations/site/generation | 107888 | Baer CF, Miyamoto MM... |
| Mutation rate for the Y chromosome | Human Homo sapiens | 3E-08 (8.9E-09 to 7E-08) | Mutations/site/generation | 105920 | Xue et al., Human Y ... |
| Mutation rate | Influenza | influenza A 2E-06: influenza B 0.6E-06 | mutations per site per infectious cycle | 101580 | Nobusawa E, Sato K. ... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication (very old estimate, see below) | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 5.4E-10 (Table - link) | mutation/bp/replication | 100263 | Drake JW, A constant... |
| Mutation rate | RNA viruses | 10^-3 to 10^-5 | Mutations/site/replication | 106248 | Domingo E, Holland JJ.... |
| Mutation rate | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 1.7e-4 (Table - link) | 1/genome/generation | 104475 | Joseph SB, Hall DW. ... |
| Mutation rate | Bacteria Escherichia coli | wild type ~0.0022: mutH mutant ~0.32 | mutation/hour | 114861 | Lydia Robert, Jean Ollion... |
| Mutation rate | Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus spp. | 1E-10 | mutations/bp/generation | 113305 | Kashtan N et al., Single-cell... |
| Mutation rate | Plants | Spruce (Picea spp.) 2.2×10^-9: Oryza glaberrima (African rice) 1.8×10^-8 | mutations/base/year | 113650 | Nystedt B et al., The... |
| Relative incidence of human ill health due to gene mutation and to chromosome mutation | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 105365 | Griffiths, Anthony JF Miller... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Human Homo sapiens | 5E-11 (Table - link) | Mutation/bp/replication | 105095 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per generation | Human Homo sapiens | 2.5E-08 | Mutation/bp/generation | 100414 | Nachman MW, Crowell SL.... |
| Average de novo mutation rate | Human Homo sapiens | 1.2E-08 | mutation/nucleotide/generation | 110292 | Kong et al., Rate of... |
| Direct sequencing estimates of mutation rate (phenotypic mutations analysis) | Human Homo sapiens | 1.8E-08 (Table - link) | mutations/site/generation | 109988 | Kondrashov FA, Kondrashov... |