Compensatory neutral mutations and the evolution of RNA

Genetica

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 91-101

  Higgs, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensatory mutations; Random drift; RNA evolution; Shifting balance

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

EID: 4243559860     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017059530664     Document Type: Article

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