Viral mutation rates expressed as nucleotide substitutions per site per strand copying (s/n/r)

Data are taken from Sanjuán et al. 2010 J. Virol. 84: 9733-9748 [pdf].

Details of each estimate can be obtained by clicking on the mutation rate values. Equations and Figures therein refer to the above paper.

The rightmost column contains references to the original publications.

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Group	Virus	Short name	Genome size (kb)	Mutation rate	Mutational target size	Original publications
Positive stranded RNA	Poliovirus 1	PV-1	7.44	8.9E-06	1	Sedivy et al. 1987
Positive-stranded RNA	Turnip mosaic virus	TuMV	9.84	6.6E-06	ca. 25.2	de la Iglesia et al. 2012
Negative stranded RNA	Vesicular stomatitis virus	VSV	11.2	6.0E-06	6	Furió et al. 2005
Negative stranded RNA	Influenza A virus	FLUVA	13.6	9.0E-06	2 to 5	Suárez et al. 1992
Negative stranded RNA	Measles virus	MV	15.9	4.4E-05	ca. 7.5	Shrag et al. 1999
Double stranded RNA	Bacteriophage phi6	phi6	13.4	1.4E-06	ca. 5.6	Chao et al. 2002
Single stranded DNA	Bacteriophage phiX174	phiX174	5.39	2.1E-07	ca. 6.4	Denhardt & Silver 1966
Single stranded DNA	Bacteriophage phiX174	phiX174 (ii)	5.39	1.0E-06	7	Cuevas et al. 2009
Double stranded DNA	Bacteriophage lambda	lambda	48.5	7.9E-08	38	Drake 1991
Double stranded DNA	Bacteriophage T2	T2	169	2.0E-08	1576	Luria 1951