Modifiers of mutation-selection balance: General approach and the evolution of mutation rates

Genetical Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 53-69

  Kondrashov, Alexey S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029074889     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001667230003439X     Document Type: Article

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