The Speed of Evolution and Maintenance of Variation in Asexual Populations

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 385-394

  Desai, Michael M ^a,b   Fisher, Daniel S ^a,b   Murray, Andrew W ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; YEAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CULTURE MEDIA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLUCOSE; MUTATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; VARIATION (GENETICS); YEASTS;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 33847256353     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.072     Document Type: Article

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