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) |
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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 |