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We evaluated mutation rates under increasing n-fold stringencies for mutation identification and site consideration (≥6X to ≥10X) and observed stability in rate estimates (fig. 1).
We can also calculate mutation rates under a model of nearest-neighbor context dependence.
The mutation rate is a significant consideration because there can be mutations in transposable elements that are countered by compensatory mutations in piRNAs.
A further consideration is that the mutation rate in the C. reinhardtii mitochondrial compartment may be slightly lower than that in the nuclear compartment.
Naturally, the expected number of segregating sites is given by E [ S ] = μ 0 L E [ ℒ p ], (6 where μ 0 is the mutation rate per site per generation and L is the length of the locus under consideration.
Values of the mutation rate in the interval [10-5,10-4], used in our model, take both the above considerations into account.
Since mutation rate drives carcinogenesis under the assumptions of somatic mutation theory, this result was expected.
More recently Kini and Chinnasamy [ 46] proposed that triplet nucleotide sequences determine the spontaneous mutation rate, an idea that requires further consideration.
Strains with higher mutation rates (mutators) may, under certain conditions, have a selective advantage.
RSS is measured by U-values, which indicate the likelihood that the mutation rate changes for each alignment position between the subfamilies under consideration.
Importantly, none of these estimates require knowledge of mutation rates of the loci under study.
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