Table 1.
Locus-specific duplication rates for prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
| Species | Locus-specific duplication rates |
|
|---|---|---|
| Locus | Partial genome | |
| Prokaryotes | ||
| S. enterica | 2.0 × 10-3 (ArgH)(a) | 3.2 × 10-3 – 5.8 × 10-5 duplications per locus(b) |
| 3.0 × 10-4 (LacZ)(a) | ||
| 4.6 × 10-6(PyrD)(a) | ||
| Multicellular eukaryotes | ||
| D. melanogaster | 1.6 × 10-5(Rosy)(c) | |
| 1.7 × 10-4(Rosy)(d) | ||
| 2.7 × 10-6(Maroon-like)(d) | ||
| 4.0 × 10-7(Body- and eye-color)(e) | ||
| H. sapiens | 1.7 × 10-5(PMP22)(f) | |
| 2.6 × 10-5(α-globin)(g) | ||
| 1.0 × 10-8(DMD)(h) | ||
One rate estimate based on 38 loci is included. All rate measurements are in duplications/gene/generation unless otherwise specified. The loci are listed in parentheses.
(b)
Anderson and Roth (1981); across 38 loci in overnight culture