Reduced Effectiveness of Selection Caused by a Lack of Recombination

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 655-660

  Betancourt, Andrea J ^a   Welch, John J ^a   Charlesworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; GENES, X-LINKED; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA AMERICANA;

EID: 67149120080     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.039     Document Type: Article

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