Population evolution on a multiplicative single-peak fitness landscape

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-73

  Woodcock, Glenn ^a   Higgs, Paul G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0029913049     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0049     Document Type: Article

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