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In the class we have discussed that bacteria can evolve much faster than animals and plants because they grow much faster and have larger population sizes. To put this in a context, do you think it is possible statistically that every single base pair in the E. coli genome has experienced a mutation in a 5 ml E. coli overnight culture? We know that there are ~1010 cells in the 5 ml overnight culture and the mutation rate of E. coli is 10-9 per base pair per DNA replication. Justify you conclusion.
In the class we have discussed that bacteria can evolve much faster than animals and plants because they grow much faster and have larger population sizes. To put this in a context, do you think it is possible statistically that every single base pair in the E. coli genome has experienced a mutation in a 5 ml E. coli overnight culture? We know that there are ~1010 cells in the 5 ml overnight culture and the mutation rate of E. coli is 10-9 per base pair per DNA replication. Justify you conclusion.
Jarrod RobelLv2
28 Sep 2019
