Muller's ratchet and the pattern of variation at a neutral locus

Genetics

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 835-848

  Gordo, Isabel ^a   Navarro, Arcadio ^b   Charlesworth, Brian ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; MODEL; MULLER RATCHET; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035989428     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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