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. 2005 Jan 19;22(4):1024–1031. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msi089

Table 2.

Comparison Between Rate of Replication Error and Rate of Synonymous Substitution


Virus Species

Replication Error Rate (/site/replication)

Synonymous Substitution Rate (/site/year)
Single-stranded (+) RNA viruses
    PRRSV-A 3.7 × 10−5 (4.71–9.8) × 10−2
    Foot-and-mouth disease virus 3.7 × 10−5 8.2 × 10−3
Single-stranded (−) RNA viruses
    Measles virus (6.0–14) × 10−5 2.3 × 10−3
    Influenza A virus (0.7–3.2) × 10−5 7.0 × 10−3
Vesicular stomatitis virus
10.0 × 10−5
7.0 × 10−5