The effect of recombination on background selection

Genetical Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-174

  Nordborg, Magnus ^a   Charlesworth, Brian ^a   Charlesworth, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029962309     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300033619     Document Type: Article

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