Abstract
We measured the rate of mutations impairing sporulation ability in Bacillus subtilis as 0.003 in a mutator population, following 6000 generations of strong selection for sporulation that have previously been described. This means that the product of the population size and the functional mutation rate is ∼105, well within the parameter range for which genetic canalization of sporulation ability is expected.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 453-457 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Genetics |
Volume | 175 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics