Results
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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutation rate per genome per replication | Bacteriophage Lambda | 0.0038 (Table - link) | mutation/genome/replication | 100222 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per genome per replication | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 2.7e-3 (Table - link) | mutation/genome/replication | 100458 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per genome per replication | Mouse Mus musculus | 0.49 (Table - link) | mutation/genome/replication | 100320 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| 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 per genome per replication | Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | 0.058 (Table - link) | mutation/genome/replication | 100370 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate and cell divisions per generation | Various | Table - link | N/A | 108991 | Lynch M. Evolution of... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per generation | Human Homo sapiens | 2.5E-08 | Mutation/bp/generation | 100414 | Nachman MW, Crowell SL.... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Bacteriophage M13 | 7.2E-07 | mutation/bp/replication | 100224 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Bacteriophage Lambda | 7.7E-08 (Table - link) | mutation/bp/replication | 100220 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate (one mutation per 400 nucleotides) highest reported for any biological entity | Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid | 0.0025±0.0006 | mutation/site/replication cycle | 111984 | Gago S, Elena SF, Flores R... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Bacteriophages T2 and T4 | 2.4E-08 | mutation/bp/replication | 100228 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Human Homo sapiens | 5E-11 (Table - link) | Mutation/bp/replication | 105095 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Direct sequencing estimates of mutation rate | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 3.3E-10 (Table - link) | mutations/site/generation | 109998 | Kondrashov FA, Kondrashov... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Mouse Mus musculus | 1.8E-10 (Table - link) | mutation/bp/replication | 100315 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Bread mold Neurospora crassa | 7.2E-11 | mutation/bp/replication | 100350 | Drake et. al., Genetics... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per generation | Mouse Mus musculus | 1.1E-08 | mutation/bp/generation | 106792 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per generation | Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | 8.5E-09 | mutation/bp/generation | 106793 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | 3.4E-10 (Table - link) | mutation/bp/replication | 100365 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Mutation rate per base pair per replication | Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans | 2.3E-10 (Table - link) | mutation/bp/replication | 100287 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| mutation rate and type in mutator strains (mutational landscape) | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Table - link | mutation/gen# | 111191 | Serero A, Jubin C, Loeillet S... |