Rate of Spontaneous Mutations

travis · September 20, 2006

Does anyone have an idea or a link to information regarding
what the true rate of spontaneous mutation is in tomatoes?

Like ... at what rate could one anticipate something like
a spontaneous mutation occuring in a huge population
of a known to be stable red fruited tomatoes that
would result in a single plant bearing yellow fruit?

In other words ... how many plants of a single
cultivar would one have to grow in a single season
to anticipate a single spontaneous mutation
among that crop?

PV

September 20, 2006	#1
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Rate of Spontaneous Mutations Does anyone have an idea or a link to information regarding what the true rate of spontaneous mutation is in tomatoes? Like ... at what rate could one anticipate something like a spontaneous mutation occuring in a huge population of a known to be stable red fruited tomatoes that would result in a single plant bearing yellow fruit? In other words ... how many plants of a single cultivar would one have to grow in a single season to anticipate a single spontaneous mutation among that crop? PV