Variants in RNA-Seq data show a continued mutation rate during strain preservation of Schizophyllum commune
Thies Gehrmann, Jordi F. Pelkmans, Luis G. Lugones, Han A. B. Wösten, Thomas Abeel, Marcel J. T. Reinders
The paper analyzes RNA-seq data from Schizophyllum commune to show that spontaneous mutations accumulate during strain preservation, with a mutation rate of 1.923×10^-8 per haploid genome per base per generation.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2017 · PreprintGenomics