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Diversity and accuracy of polymerases. Multiple genes for replication in a typical eukaryotic genome, with and without intrinsic proofreading capacity Reverse transcriptases are particularly error prone
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Diversity and accuracy of polymerases • Multiple genes for replication in a typical eukaryotic genome, with and without intrinsic proofreading capacity • Reverse transcriptases are particularly error prone • Base selectivity driven by conformation changes in polymerase (‘geometric selection’), rather than by nucleotide hydrogen bonding DNA pol l with nucleotide
Anolismicrosatellite distribution shares characteristics of both mammals and reptiles ACACACACACACACACA……
Increased germline mutation rate in humans living near Chernobyl
Increased mutation rate at simple sequence repeats of Chernobyl barn swallows
Adaptive mutation? • NeoDarwinian paradigm - rate of adaptive mutation is independent of selective environment • Observation - increased rates of spontaneous ‘adaptive’ mutation (reversion) in cells originally not able to metabolize lactose • 1 bp frameshift mutation in lac operon is compensated by a -1 bp frameshift, usually in a mononucleotide repeat • Amplification of 10-40kb of the ‘leaky’ lac region 20-100 times