Distribution of fitness effects caused by random insertion mutations in Escherichia coli

Genetica

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 349-358

  Elena, Santiago F ^a   Ekunwe, Lynette ^a   Hajela, Neerja ^a   Oden, Shenandoah A ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutations; Escherichia coli; Fitness; Insertion mutations; Transposition

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLONE; EVOLUTION; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0008983173     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017031008316     Document Type: Article

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