Mutators in space: The dynamics of high-mutability clones in a two-patch model

Genetics

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 513-522

  Travis, E R ^a,c   Travis, J M J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION RATE; MUTATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; TIME; TWO PATCH MODEL;

ALLELES; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2942525570     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.167.1.513     Document Type: Article

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