Mechanisms of molecular evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1403, 2000, Pages 1623-1626

  Ohta, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution of new functions; Nearly neutral theory; Weak selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; SELECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034731009     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0724     Document Type: Article

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