Mutation rate inferred from synonymous substitutions in a long-term evolution experiment with escherichia coli

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-186

  Wielgoss, Sébastien ^a,b   Schneider, Dominique ^a,b   Barrick, Jeffrey E ^c   Tenaillon, Olivier ^d,e   Cruveiller, Stéphane ^f   Chane Woon Ming, Béatrice ^f   Médigue, Claudine ^f   Lenski, Richard E ^g  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f DIF   (France)

^g Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Genomic basesubstitution rate; Molecular evolution; Mutation pressure; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856220271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000406     Document Type: Article

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