The fixation probability of a beneficial allele in a population dividing by binary fission

Genetica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-287

  Johnson, Toby ^a   Gerrish, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary fission; Branching process; Fixation probability

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036669559     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020687416478     Document Type: Article

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