Article
Spontaneous Mutation Rate in the Smallest Photosynthetic Eukaryotes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2017
Krasovec Marc, Eyre-Walker Adam, Sanchez-Ferandin Sophie, Piganeau Gwenael
Abstract excerpt
Mutation is the ultimate source of genetic variation, and knowledge of mutation rates is fundamental for our understanding of all evolutionary processes. High throughput sequencing of mutation accumulation lines has provided genome wide spontaneous mutation rates in a dozen model species, but estimates from nonmodel organisms from much of the diversity of life are very limited. Here, we report mutation rates in...
Topics
- Base Composition
- Chlorophyta
- DNA, Intergenic
- Eukaryota
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- Mutation
- Mutation Rate
- Photosynthesis