Table 1.
Organism | UD | Method | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
D. melanogaster | 0.14 | BM | 42 |
0.17 | BM | 43 | |
0.06 | BM | 109 | |
0.02 | BM | 48 | |
0.01 | ML | 48 | |
0.01 | ML | 46 | |
C. elegans | 0.0026 (haploid) | ML | 110 |
0.05 | BM | 58 | |
0.005 (haploid) | ML | 49 | |
S. cerevisiae | 6.3 × 10−5 (haploid) | ML | 14 |
9.5 × 10−5 | ML | 50 |
All estimates for UD, the deleterious mutation rate per genome, are for diploid genomes, unless otherwise noted. BM refers to Bateman-Mukai, and ML to Maximum Likelihood. UD is shown as the number of deleterious mutations/genome/division (per generation for multicellular organisms).