The effects of spontaneous mutation on competitive fitness in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 561-566

  Avila V ^a   Garcia Dorado A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Deleterious mutation rate; Extinction risk; Mildly deleterious mutations; Mutational load

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXTINCTION RISK; FITNESS; MUTATION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036309184     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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