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. 2008 Feb 8;7(4):639–646. doi: 10.1128/EC.00447-07

TABLE 3.

Rates of spontaneous replication slippage events in the cpDNA of C. reinhardtii containing the OF28 construct in a recombination-deficient background

ΔN recA OF28 strain Total no. of viable cells plated (106) No. of cells that showed photosynthetic competence Rate of mutation to photosynthetic competence per 107 viable cells plated
1 65 3,360 517
2 104.2 5,640 541