Evolution of functionally conserved enhancers can be accelerated in large populations: A population-genetic model

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1494, 2002, Pages 953-960

  Carter, Ashley J R ^a   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory mutation; Enhancer evolution; Fitness valley; Population size

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, GENETIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; ANIMALS;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037035388     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1968     Document Type: Article

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