Fluctuation analysis: the probability distribution of the number of mutants under different conditions.

doi:10.1093/genetics/124.1.175

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Fluctuation analysis: the probability distribution of the number of mutants under different conditions.

Genetics - 1 Jan 1990

Stewart F M, Gordon D M, Levin B R

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In the 47 years since fluctuation analysis was introduced by Luria and Delbrück, it has been widely used to calculate mutation rates. Up to now, in spite of the importance of such calculations, the probability distribution of the number of mutants that will appear in a fluctuation experiment has...

Topics

Bacteria
Cell Division
Kinetics
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Phenotype
Probability
Selection, Genetic

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