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The distribution of the numbers of mutants in bacterial populations

D. Lea, C. Coulson

1949.12.1JOURNAL OF GENETICS

DOI: 10.1007/bf02986080

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Statistical calculations are made of the distribution numbers of mutants in a culture of bacteria in which the number of mutants increases on account of new mutations and of division of old mutants, which enable the mutation rate to be inferred from experiments with parallel cultures.

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LEA, D.; COULSON, C. The distribution of the numbers of mutants in bacterial populations. JOURNAL OF GENETICS, 1949, 49: 264–285.