The fate of competing beneficial mutations in an asexual population

Genetica

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 127-144

  Gerrish, Philip J ^a,b   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual population dynamics; Beneficial mutations; Clonal interference; Fixation probability; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COMPETITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2542583245     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5210-5_12     Document Type: Article

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