The accumulation of deleterious mutations within the frozen niche variation hypothesis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 651-662

  Pound, G E ^a   Cox, S J ^a   Doncaster, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of males; Cost of sex; Evolution of sex; Muller's ratchet; Very slightly deleterious mutations

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTATION; NICHE BREADTH; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 2342641625     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2003.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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