Evolution of genetic variability and the advantage of sex and recombination in changing environments

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1055-1069

  Bürger, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

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EID: 0344993925     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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