Mutation rate and the cost of complexity

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 957-963

  Haygood, Ralph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cell type number; Complexity; Fisher's geometric model; Genome size; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME SIZE; MODEL; MUTATION RATE; ORGANISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646566815     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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