Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
mutating game, evolutionary studies, genetic data
College
Life Sciences
Department
Biology
Abstract
Mutation rates may differ from organism to organism. Therefore, many species that are not model organisms are difficult to use in evolutionary studies, especially those focused on genomic scale questions. The focus of this project is to provide 1) inference of mutation rates for several previously unstudied insect species across 12 orders, and 2) comparison of estimated mutation rates with the genetic patterns in each species to test for correlations between genetic architecture and increased rates of evolution.
Recommended Citation
Young, Mitchell and Bybee, Seth
(2017)
"Playing the Mutating Game,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017:
Iss.
1, Article 195.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/195