Mutational meltdown in laboratory yeast populations

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 909-917

  Zeyl, Clifford ^a   Mizesko, Melissa ^a,c   De Visser, J Arjan G M ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fitness; Mutational meltdown; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DRIFT; MUTATION; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034972360     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00608.x     Document Type: Article

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