Are polymorphism and evolutionary rate of allozyme proteins limited by mutation or selection?

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 692-702

  Skibinski, David O F ^a   Ward, Robert D ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Evolutionary rate; Mutation rate; Natural selection; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MUTATION;

EID: 0032427893     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884290     Document Type: Article

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