Quantifying organismal complexity using a population genetic approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tenaillon, Olivier ^a,b   Silander, Olin K ^b,c   Uzan, Jean Philippe ^d   Chao, Lin ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC TRAIT; METRIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; STOMATITIS; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; VESICULAR STOMATITIS INDIANA VIRUS;

EID: 55249107194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000217     Document Type: Article

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