Muller's ratchet decreases fitness of a DNA-based microbe

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 906-907

  Andersson, Dan I ^a   Hughes, Diarmaid ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mutation rate; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BASE PAIRING; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH REGULATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADENINE; AMINO ACIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THIAMINE;

EID: 0030032923     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.2.906     Document Type: Article

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