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. 2018 Nov 26;11(1):136–165. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy252

Table 1.

Estimates of Spontaneous Nuclear Base Substitution and Small Insertion–Deletion (Indels) Mutation Rates from MA Experiments Using High-Throughput Sequencing Approaches

Species Kingdom Group Ne Average MA Gens. μtotal (/site/gen) μbs (/site/gen) μindel (/site/gen) Ratio μbs:μindel Reference
Prokaryotes
Bacillus subtilis Bacteria Terrabacteria 5,645 3.28 × 10−10 Sung et al. (2015)
Burkholderia cenocepacia Bacteria Proteobacteria 5,554 1.50 × 10−10 1.33 × 10−10 1.68 × 10−11 8:1 Dillon et al. (2015)
Deinococcus radiodurans Bacteria Terrabacteria 5,961 5.21 × 10−10 4.99 × 10−10 2.17 × 10−11 23:1 Long et al. (2015)
Escherichia coli K12 Bacteria Proteobacteria 6,000 2.38 × 10−10 2.20 × 10−10 1.81 × 10−11 12:1 Lee et al. (2012)
Escherichia coli K12 Bacteria Proteobacteria 6,114 3.12 × 10−10 3.12 × 10−11 10:1 Foster et al. (2015)
Mesoplasma florum L1 Bacteria Terrabacteria 2,351 1.16 × 10−8 9.78 × 10−9 1.85 × 10−9 5:1 Sung, Ackerman, et al. (2012); Sung et al. (2015)
Mycobacterium smegmatisa Bacteria Terrabacteria ∼49,000 6.54 × 10−10 5.27 × 10−10 1.27 × 10−10 4:1 Kucukyildirim et al. (2016)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteria Proteobacteria ∼2,500 9.30 × 10−11 7. 90 × 10−11 1.44 × 10−11 5:1 Dettman et al. (2016)
Pseudomonas fluorescensa Bacteria Proteobacteria 5,240 2.51 × 10−8 2.34 × 10−8 1.65 × 10−9 14:1 Long et al. (2015)
Salmonella typhimurium LT2 Bacteria Proteobacteria 5,000 7.00 × 10−10 Lind and Andersson (2008)
Vibrio cholerae 2740–80 Bacteria Proteobacteria 6,453 1.24 × 10−10 1.07 × 10−10 1.71 × 10−11 6:1 Dillon et al. (2017)
Vibrio fischeri ES114 Bacteria Proteobacteria 5,187 2.64 × 10−10 2.07 × 10−10 5.68 × 10−11 4:1 Dillon et al. (2017)
Unicellular eukaryotes
Bathycoccus prasinos Eukaryota Plants 8.5 4,994 4.39 × 10−10 3.02 × 10−10 1.37 × 10−10 2:1 Krasovec et al. (2017)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Eukaryota Plants 1,730 1.11 × 10−10 6.76 × 10−11 4.36 × 10−11 2:1 Sung, Ackerman, et al. (2012)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Eukaryota Plants 6.5 940 1.15 × 10−9 9.63 × 10−10 1.90 × 10−10 5:1 Ness et al. (2015)
Dictyostelium discoideum Eukaryota Protists 1,000 2.90 × 10−11 Saxer et al. (2012)
Micromonas pusilla Eukaryota Plants 6 4,145 9.76 × 10−10 8.15 × 10−10 1.61 × 10−10 5:1 Krasovec et al. (2017)
Ostreococcus mediterraneus Eukaryota Plants 7 8,379 5.92 × 10−10 4.92 × 10−10 1.00 × 10−10 5:1 Krasovec et al. (2017)
Ostreococcus tauri Eukaryota Plants 8.5 17,250 4.79 × 10−10 4.19 × 10−10 6.00 × 10−11 7:1 Krasovec et al. (2017)
Paramecium tetraurelia Eukaryota Protists 3,300 2.33 × 10−11 1.94 × 10−11 3.87 × 10−12 5:1 Sung, Tucker, et al. (2012)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eukaryota Fungi 10 4,800 3.50 × 10−10 3.30 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−11 17:1 Lynch et al. (2008)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eukaryota Fungi 1,740 2.90 × 10−10 2.90 × 10−10 0 Nishant et al. (2010)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eukaryota Fungi 2,500 3.60 × 10−10 3.60 × 10−10 0 Serero et al. (2014)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eukaryota Fungi 10 2,062 1.72 × 10−10 1.67 × 10−10 5.03 × 10−12 33:1 Zhu et al. (2014)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe Eukaryota Fungi 1,700 2.73 × 10−10 2.13 × 10−10 6.00 × 10−11 4:1 Farlow et al. (2015)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe Eukaryota Fungi 10.3 1,952 3.40 × 10−10 1.70 × 10−10 1.70 × 10−10 1:1 Behringer and Hall (2016)
Tetrahymena thermophila Eukaryota Protists 1,000 7.61 × 10−12 Long et al. (2016)
Multicellular eukaryotes
Arabidopsis thaliana Eukaryota Plants 1 30 8.40 × 10−9 7.10 × 10−9 1.30 × 10−9 5:1 Ossowski et al. (2010)
Caenorhabditis briggsae Eukaryota Metazoa 1 250 1.33 × 10−9 Denver et al. (2012)
Caenorhabditis elegans Eukaryota Metazoa 1 250 2.10 × 10−9 Denver et al. (2009)
Caenorhabditis elegans Eukaryota Metazoa 1 250 1.45 × 10−9 Denver et al. (2012)
Daphnia pulex Eukaryota Metazoa 1 128 3.80 × 10−9 Keith et al. (2016)
Daphnia pulex Eukaryota Metazoa 1 82 2.30 × 10−9 Flynn et al. (2017)
Drosophila melanogaster Eukaryota Metazoa 2 262 4.83 × 10−9 3.46 × 10−9 1.37 × 10−9 3:1 Keightley et al. (2009)
Drosophila melanogaster Eukaryota Metazoa 2 149 5.94 × 10−9 5.49 × 10−9 4.50 × 10−10 12:1 Schrider et al. (2013)
Drosophila melanogasterb Eukaryota Metazoa 60 6.00 × 10−9 5.21 × 10−9 7.90 × 10−10 7:1 Huang et al. (2016)
Drosophila melanogaster Eukaryota Metazoa 2 52 6.37 × 10−9 6.03 × 10−9 3.38 × 10−10 18:1 Sharp and Agrawal (2016)
Drosophila melanogaster Eukaryota Metazoa 2 36–53 4.90 × 10−9 Assaf et al. (2017)
Mus musculus Eukaryota Metazoa 20–21 5.71 × 10−9 5.40 × 10−9 3.10 × 10−10 17:1 Uchimura et al. (2015)
Pristionchus pacificus Eukaryota Metazoa 1 142 2.00 × 10−9 Weller et al. (2014)
a

Naturally occurring mutator strain.

b

Autosomal mutation rate only.