Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4500812 | Mathematical Biosciences | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In estimating mutation rates using the Luria–Delbrück experimental protocol, it is often assumed that all mutant cells survive the plating procedure to form visible mutant colonies. This assumption of perfect plating efficiency may not hold in certain circumstances, but none of the existing estimation methods that adjust for plating efficiency is strictly based on the likelihood principle. To ameliorate this situation, we propose likelihood based algorithms for computing point and interval estimates of mutation rates.
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Authors
Qi Zheng,