Fixation probabilities depend on life history: Fecundity, generation time and survival in a burst-death model

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1600-1609

  Alexander, H K ^a   Wahl, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Extinction probability; Fixation probability; Mathematical model; Population genetics; Serial passaging

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GROWTH MODELING; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47349097264     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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