A model of the early evolution of soma-to-germline feedback

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-57

  Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^a,b,c  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MODEL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GERM LINE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036304181     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.2533     Document Type: Article

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