The population genetics of synthetic lethals

Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 449-458

  Phillips, Patrick C ^a   Johnson, Norman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOTE; LETHALITY; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIPLOIDY; GENES, LETHAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOIDY; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0031716698     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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