Neutral mutation as the source of genetic variation in life history traits

Genetical Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-63

  Brčić Kostić, Krunoslav ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL ADAPTIVE CONVERSION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RODENT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 26444526700     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672305007688     Document Type: Article

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