What fraction of mutations reduces fitness? A reply to Keightley and Lynch

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 686-689

  Shaw, Ruth G ^a,b   Shaw, Frank H ^a   Geyer, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

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EID: 0037358947     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01562.x     Document Type: Note

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