Accumulation of deleterious mutations: Additional Drosophila melanogaster estimates and a simulation of the effects of selection

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1150-1159

  Caballero, A ^a   Cusi, E ^b   Garcia C ^b   Garcia Dorado A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutation; Drosophila; Fitness; Natural selection; Viability

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; VIABILITY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MUTATION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035989035     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01428.x     Document Type: Article

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