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.
Updates are marked in green.
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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 |
1 |
||
Positive-stranded RNA |
Turnip mosaic virus |
TuMV |
9.84 |
ca. 25.2 |
||
Negative stranded RNA |
Vesicular stomatitis virus |
VSV |
11.2 |
6 |
||
Negative stranded RNA |
Influenza A virus |
FLUVA |
13.6 |
2
to 5 |
||
Negative stranded RNA |
Measles virus |
MV |
15.9 |
ca. 7.5 |
||
Double stranded RNA |
Bacteriophage phi6 |
phi6 |
13.4 |
ca. 5.6 |
||
Single stranded DNA |
Bacteriophage phiX174 |
phiX174 |
5.39 |
ca. 6.4 |
||
Single stranded DNA |
Bacteriophage phiX174 |
phiX174 (ii) |
5.39 |
7 |
||
Double stranded DNA |
Bacteriophage lambda |
lambda |
48.5 |
38 |
||
Double stranded DNA |
Bacteriophage T2 |
T2 |
169 |
1576 |