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Table 2 Per base pair per generation rates of the different types of mutations

From: Adapting the engine to the fuel: mutator populations can reduce the mutational load by reorganizing their genome structure

Mutation types

Wild types & Controls

Mutators & Native Mutators

point mutations

10−6

10 −4

small insertions

10−6

10−6

small deletions

10−6

10−6

inversions

10−5

10−5

translocations

10−5

10−5

large duplications

10−5

10−5

large deletions

10−5

10−5