The effects of sex and mutation rate on adaptation in test tubes and to mouse hosts by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 431-438

  Grimberg, Brian ^a,b   Zeyl, Clifford ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Mutation rate; Recombination; Sex; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; MUTATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 14844361165     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01001.x     Document Type: Article

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