Rapid fixation of deleterious alleles can be caused by Muller's ratchet

Genetical Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-73

  Charlesworth, Brian ^a,b   Charlesworth, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CROSSING OVER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; STATISTICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030668902     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397002899     Document Type: Article

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