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. 2013 Sep 5;9(9):e1003736. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003736

Table 1. Both HAP and PmCDA1 induce significantly more mutants than expected in diploid strains.

Strain Ploidy, repair defect Mutagen Mutation frequency ×10−6  a Fold increaseb
Canavanine resistance
LAN201 1n - 1.1 (0.8–1.9) 1
LAN201 1n HAP 25.1 (21.1–30.2) 23
LAN211 2n HAP (predicted) 0.0006 0.0006
LAN211 2n HAP 0.5c (0.4–0.7) 0.46
LAN200 1n, ung1 - 7.2 (2.9–9.8) 1
LAN200 1n, ung1 PmCDA1 159 (79–254) 22
LAN210 2n, ung1 PmCDA1 (predicted) 0.025 0.003
LAN210 2n, ung1 PmCDA1 2.3d (1.9–2.7) 0.32
5-FOA resistance
LAN200 1n, ung1 - 5.7 (4.1–9.1) 1
LAN200 1n, ung1 PmCDA1 264 (116–493) 46
LAN210 2n, ung1 PmCDA1 (predicted) 0.07 0.012
LAN210 2n, ung1 PmCDA1 2.7e (1.4–3.5) 0.47
a

Median and 95% confidence limits.

b

With respect to the corresponding haploid.

c

833× over predicted.

d

92× over predicted.

e

39× over predicted.