Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
mutation saturation, mutated DNA sequences, physicochemical properties
College
Life Sciences
Department
Biology
Abstract
The research I am conducting fills a niche in molecular adaptation. My experiment uses accepted methods of reconstruction to evaluate the accumulation of multiple hits at single sites. It is accepted that over time point mutation saturation in specific sequences occurs in a clock-like manner following Poisson-like pattern leading to loss of information in empirical data being very unrecoverable. This area of study shows a gap in scientific knowledge as to how molecules change and develop over time. I want to understand how saturation accumulates and what it means for the loss of information.
Recommended Citation
Baer, Kimberly and McClellan, Dr. David
(2013)
"The effects of point mutation saturation on the loss of information in mutated DNA sequences,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 1051.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1051