Mutation Rate
Compute the mutation rate per generation as new mutations / (population size x generations).
Description
Compute the mutation rate per generation as new mutations / (population size x generations).
Mutation Rate is a focused biology tool that compute the mutation rate per generation as new mutations / (population size x generations). It calculates locally from the values you enter and exposes the result without changing the source observations.1
When to use Mutation Rate
Use Mutation Rate when you need to compute the mutation rate per generation as new mutations / (population size x generations). Enter New mutations, Population size, and Generations using the definitions and units below so the result can be reproduced.
- New mutations
- A finite measured or assumed value greater than or equal to 0.
- Population size
- An integer count or setting greater than or equal to 1.
- Generations
- An integer count or setting greater than or equal to 1.
How Mutation Rate calculates the result
The published tool contract uses this rule: Compute the mutation rate per generation as new mutations / (population size x generations).
- Mutation rate per generation
- The calculated mutation rate per generation.
Limitations of Mutation Rate
A ratio or percentage can conceal the scale of its numerator and denominator and becomes sensitive to measurement error when the denominator is small.
Alternative or Complementary measurements
Retain the original New mutations, Population size, and Generations values and their units alongside the result. Migration Rate m is useful when you instead need to compute the migration rate m = migrants per generation / effective population size. Kleiber BMR provides another view by helping you estimate basal metabolic rate across animals with Kleiber's law: BMR = 70 x bodyMass^0.75 kilocalories per day.
References
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Mutation rate — Wikipedia contributors
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- Migration Rate m
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- Kleiber BMR
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