Mutability and evolvability: Indirect selection for mutability

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-124

  King, D G ^a   Kashi, Y ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NOTE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547208016     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800998     Document Type: Note

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