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. 2022 Apr 13;604(7906):517–524. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04618-z

Extended Data Fig. 11. Associations between life-history variables and alternative measures of somatic mutation rate.

Extended Data Fig. 11

a, b, Same analyses as Fig. 3c, f, but using somatic mutation rates per megabase (a), or per protein-coding exome (b), rather than per genome (Methods). Leftmost panels show zero-intercept LME regressions of somatic mutation rates on inverse lifespan (1/lifespan), presented on the scale of untransformed lifespan (x axis). The y axes present mean mutation rates per species, although mutation rates per crypt were used in the regressions. Darker shaded areas indicate 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the regression lines; lighter shaded areas mark a two-fold deviation from the regression lines. Point estimate and 95% CI of the regression slope (k), fraction of inter-species variance explained (FVE), and range of ELB are provided. Rightmost panels show comparisons of FVE values achieved by free-intercept LME models using inverse lifespan and other life-history variables (alone or in combination with inverse lifespan) as explanatory variables. BW, black-and-white; N, naked; RT, ring-tailed.