Rate volatility and asymmetric segregation diversify mutation burden in cells with mutator alleles

Dowsett et al use a single-cell resolution approach to analyse the distribution of mutations across several divisions in yeast diploid strains mutated in mismatch repair and polymerase delta proofreading. They find that the underlying mutation rate varies from one division to another, and that new m...

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Main Authors: Ian T. Dowsett, Jessica L. Sneeden, Branden J. Olson, Jill McKay-Fleisch, Emma McAuley, Scott R. Kennedy, Alan J. Herr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01544-6