The number of neutral mutants in an expanding Luria-Delbrück population is approximately Fréchet [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Background: A growing population of cells accumulates mutations. A single mutation early in the growth process carries forward to all descendant cells, causing the final population to have a lot of mutant cells. When the first mutation happens later in growth, the final population typically has fewe...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2023-03-01
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