Estimating mutation rates in low-replication experiments.

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Since mutation rate is a key biological parameter, its proper estimation has received great attention for decades. However, instead of the mutation rate, many authors opt for reporting the average mutant frequency, a less meaningful quantity. This is because the standard methods to estimate the mutation rate, derived from the Luria and Delbrück's fluctuation analysis, ideally require high-replication experiments...

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