Distribution of fitness effects among beneficial mutations before selection in experimental populations of bacteria

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 484-488

  Kassen, Rees ^a   Bataillon, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Unité Mixte de Recherche 1097   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WILD TYPE;

EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 33645394597     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1751     Document Type: Article

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