Time to fixation in the presence of recombination

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Jain, Kavita ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Fixation time; Recombination

Indexed keywords

EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; FIXATION; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC FITNESS; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72549105849     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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