The dynamic clonal genome and its adaptive potential

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 193-208

  Lushai, Gugs ^a   Loxdale, Hugh D ^b   Allen, John A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asexual; Clone; Evolution; Interclonal variation; Intraclonal variation; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL GROWTH; EVOLUTION; GENOME;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037799904     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00189.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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