Estimating mutation rate and generation time from longitudinal samples of DNA sequences

被引:45
作者
Fu, YX [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Ctr Human Genet, Houston, TX 77030 USA
关键词
mutation rate; generation time; longitudinal sample; HIV; coalescent process;
D O I
10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003842
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present in this paper a simple method for estimating the mutation rate per site per year which also yields an estimate of the length of a generation when mutation rate per site per generation is known. The estimator, which takes advantage of DNA polymorphisms in longitudinal samples, is unbiased under a number of population models, including population structure and variable population size over time. We apply the new method to a longitudinal sample of DNA sequences of the env gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from a single patient and obtain 1.62 x 10(-2) as the mutation rate per site per year for HIV-1. Using an independent data set to estimate the mutation rate per generation, we obtain 1.8 days as the length of a generation of HIV-1, which agrees well with recent estimates based on viral load data. Our estimate of generation time differs considerably from a recent estimate by Rodrigo et al. when the same mutation rate per site per generation is used. Some factors that may contribute to the difference among different estimators are discussed.
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