Table 1 Frequency of each mtDNA mutation comprising the Δctb-1 mitotype at different timepoints in line 1G during the course of a spontaneous mutation accumulation (MA) experiment.

From: Dissecting the sequential evolution of a selfish mitochondrial genome in Caenorhabditis elegans

MA Generation

∆ctb-1

nd5 frameshift (T8 → T9)

nd5 C → T substitution

nd5 frameshift (T9 → T10)

G0 (ancestral control)

−

−

−

−

G71

0.38

−

−

−

G96

0.90

0.27

−

−

G135

0.81

0.81

0.38

−

G221

0.98

0.78

0.88

−

G300

0.94

0.60

0.90

0.26

G350

0.87

0.14

0.91

0.78

  1. A horizontal bar “−” represents the absence of a mutation in a particular MA generation.
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