The fixation probability of beneficial mutations

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 1279-1289

  Patwa, Z ^a   Wahl, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extinction probability; Fixation probability; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION PROBABILITY; FIXATION PROBABILITY; FUTURE WORK; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; POPULATION GENETICS;

PROBABILITY;

ALLELE; EVOLUTION; FIXATION PROBABILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 52749098548     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0248     Document Type: Review

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