Mutation, selection, and the maintenance of life-history variation in a natural population

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 727-733

  Lynch, Michael ^a   Latta, Leigh ^a   Hicks, Justin ^a   Giorgianni, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia pulex; Deleterious mutation; Life history variation; Mutation accumulation; Mutation selection balance

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE/HISTORY TRAIT; MUTATION;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; PULEX;

EID: 0031927077     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb03697.x     Document Type: Article

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