The evolution of recombination: Removing the limits to natural selection

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 879-906

  Otto, Sarah Perin ^a   Barton, Nick H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EVOLUTION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030871021     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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