Fixation of beneficial mutations in the presence of epistatic interactions

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-486

  Campos, Paulo R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC EPISTASIS; MUTATION; PROBABILITY;

ALLELES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 1542547939     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bulm.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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