Origin of chromosomes in response to mutation pressure

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 751-756

  Santos, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Binary fission; Chromosome segregation; Gene segregation; Mutation selection balance; Stochastic corrector model

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031792569     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286205     Document Type: Note

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