An exact steady state solution of Fisher's geometric model and other models

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-34

  Sella, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fisher's geometric model; Fixed drift load; Genetic load; Mutation selection drift balance; Nearly neutral evolution; Steady state

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMORPHISM; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PROBABILITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 58249130798     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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