The red queen and fluctuating epistasis: A population genetic analysis of antagonistic coevolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-405

  Peters, A D ^a,b   Lively, C M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Epistasis; Fluctuating selection; Linkage disequilibrium; Recombination; Red Queen

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0032707001     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303247     Document Type: Article

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