ACCOUNTING FOR PLATING EFFICIENCY WHEN ESTIMATING SPONTANEOUS MUTATION-RATES

被引:11
作者
JONES, ME
机构
[1] The School of Medicine, The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
来源
MUTATION RESEARCH | 1993年 / 292卷 / 02期
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
MUTANT FREQUENCY; ESTIMATOR; PLATING EFFICIENCY; FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1016/0165-1161(93)90146-Q
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
When the spontaneous mutation rate mu in mammalian cell cultures is estimated using Luria-Delbruck fluctuation analysis, many factors contribute to the unreliability of the estimate. Some of these have been documented by Featherstone et al. (1987) and by Kendal and Frost (1988). In particular, the plating efficiencies for mammalian cells are often much less than 100%, and this can be taken into account. A derivation of a generalized P0 estimator, m(g), based on the classical P0 estimator of Luria and Delbruck (1943) is offered. In an experiment involving C cultures, of which z exhibit no mutant colonies, and in which the plating efficiency is p, (0 < p < 1), the estimated mean number of mutations per culture is given by m(g) = (1 - p) ln(z/C)/p ln(p) The classical P0 estimator is shown to be the limiting case of m(g) as plating efficiency tends to 100%.
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页码:187 / 189
页数:3
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