Population genetics: Surviving under mutation pressure

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages

  Keightley, Peter D ^a   Caballero, Armando ^b   García Dorado, Aurora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0032568282     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70148-4     Document Type: Article

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