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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020

A phylogenomic approach reveals a low somatic mutation rate in a long-lived plant.

Adam J Orr, Amanda Padovan, David Kainer, Carsten Külheim, Lindell Bromham, Carlos Bustos-Segura, William Foley, Tonya Haff, Ji-Fan Hsieh, Alejandro Morales-Suarez and 2 more

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Adam J OrrThe Biodesign Institute and the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Amanda PadovanDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
David KainerDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Carsten KülheimDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Lindell BromhamDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Carlos Bustos-SeguraDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
William FoleyDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Tonya HaffDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Ji-Fan HsiehDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Alejandro Morales-SuarezDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Reed A CartwrightThe Biodesign Institute and the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Robert LanfearDivision of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somatic mutations can have important effects on the life history, ecology, and evolution of plants, but the rate at which they accumulate is poorly understood and difficult to measure directly. Here, we develop a method to measure somatic mutations in individual plants and use it to estimate the somatic mutation rate in a large, long-lived, phenotypically mosaic

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Mutation RateArabidopsisPhylogenyPlant Physiological Phenomenabioinformaticsmutation rateplantssomatic mutation

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PMID32156194
PMCPMC7126060

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