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Table 3 Values of published MIRU mutation rates

From: The mutation rate of mycobacterial repetitive unit loci in strains of M. tuberculosisfrom cynomolgus macaque infection

Author

Mean MIRU mutation rate

Lower bound

Upper bound

Estimated rate, macaque model

2.70 × 10-3

3.30 × 10-4

9.80 × 10-3

Aandahl et al. 2012

3.55 × 10-3

8.51 × 10-4

1.15 × 10-2

Reyes and Tanaka 2010

None

7.00 × 10-4

1.50 × 10-2

Wirth et al. 2008

1.23 × 10-4

1.96 × 10-5

7.93 × 10-4

Grant et al. 2008*

1.05 × 10-5

None

None

  1. *Grant, et al. 2008 rate was converted from a per generation to a per year mutation rate.