Mutation accumulation and fitness effects in hybridogenetic populations: A comparison to sexual and asexual systems

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Som, Christian ^a,b   Bagheri, Homayoun C ^a   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b World Wildlife Fund Schweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34250363130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-80     Document Type: Article

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