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Table 3 Frequency of chemically induced mutations reported by TILLING in different species.

From: A high-density collection of EMS-induced mutations for TILLING in Landsberg erecta genetic background of Arabidopsis

Species

Ploidy level

Mutagen

Mutation density per line

Reference

A. thaliana (Landsberg erecta)

EMS

1/89 kb

present work

A. thaliana (Columbia)

EMS

1/300 kb

[10]

Brassica oleracea

EMS

1/447 kb

[18]

Brassica napus

EMS

1/41.5 kb

[17]

Medicago truncatula

EMS

1/400 kb

[19]

Medicago truncatula

EMS

1/485 kb

[25]

Glycine max

EMS

1/140 to 1/550 kb

[23]

Glycine max

NMU

1/140 kb

[23]

Oryza sativa

EMS

1/294 kb

[12]

Oryza sativa

NaN3 + MNU

1/265 kb

[12]

Oryza sativa

MNU

1/135 kb

[22]

Zea mays

EMS

1/485 kb

[13]

Sorghum bicolor

EMS

1/526 kb

[15]

Hordeum vulgare

EMS

1/1000 kb

[14]

Hordeum vulgare

NaN3

1/374 kb

[24]

Triticum aestivum

EMS

1/40 kb

[16]

Triticum durum

EMS

1/25 kb

[16]

Caenorhabditis elegans

EMS

1/293 kb

[21]

Drosophila melanogaster

EMS

1/91 to 1/156 kb

[20]

Phytophthora sojae

ENU

1/142 kb

[30]

  1. NaN3: sodium azide; MNU: N-methyl-N-nitrosourea; ENU: ethylnitrosourea.