title: Mutation rates: how low can you go?
abstract: Two recent reports combine mutation accumulation and whole-genome sequencing to measure mutation rates in microbes with unusual genome sizes and life cycles. The results are broadly consistent with the hypothesis that genetic drift plays a role in shaping genomic mutation rates across a wide range of taxa.
authors: Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19063, USA. paulsnie@sas.upenn.edu
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Sniegowski
authors: Yevgeniy
authors: Y
authors: Raynes
mesh_terms: D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000235:genetics; D045622:Entomoplasmataceae / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D040961:Genetic Drift; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016678:Genome; D059646:Genome Size / Q000235:genetics*; D059645:Mutation Rate; D016805:Paramecium tetraurelia / Q000235:genetics