Rate of deleterious mutation and the distribution of its effects on fitness in vesicular stomatitis virus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1078-1088

  Elena, S F ^a,b   Moya, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutation accumulation; Experimental evolution; Fitness; Genetic drift; Population bottlenecks

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 0032748221     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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