Muller's ratchet in symbiont populations

Genetica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-211

  Pettersson, Mats E ^a   Berg, Otto G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buchnera; Genome degradation; Mutation accumulation; Nested population dynamics; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUCHNERA; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; STATISTICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYMBIOSIS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34247495126     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-006-9007-7     Document Type: Article

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