Deleterious mutations can surf to high densities on the wave front of an expanding population

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2334-2343

  Travis, Justin M J ^a,b   Münkemüller, Tamara ^c,d   Burton, Olivia J ^a   Best, Alex ^b,e   Dytham, Calvin ^f,g   Johst, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Epidemic; Evolution; Evolvability; Invasion; Range shifting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 35348923543     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm167     Document Type: Article

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