The rate of adaptation in asexuals

Genetics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 961-968

  Allen Orr, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0342657165     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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