Empirical estimates of the mutation rate for an alphabaculovirus

• Published in: PLoS genetics Vol. 18; no. 6; p. e1009806
• Main Authors: Boezen, Dieke, Ali, Ghulam, Wang, Manli, Wang, Xi, van der Werf, Wopke, Vlak, Just M., Zwart, Mark P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.06.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Bias; Biology and Life Sciences; Cloning; Demography; DNA viruses; Estimates; Genes; Genomes; Mutation; Mutation rates; Population; Population genetics; Proofreading; RNA viruses; Supplies; Viruses

Mutation rates are of key importance for understanding evolutionary processes and predicting their outcomes. Empirical mutation rate estimates are available for a number of RNA viruses, but few are available for DNA viruses, which tend to have larger genomes. Whilst some viruses have very high mutat...