The properties of adaptive walks in evolving populations of fungus

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Schoustra, Sijmen E ^a,b   Bataillon, Thomas ^c,d   Gifford, Danna R ^a,b   Kassen, Rees ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS; MUTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 72949085559     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000250     Document Type: Article

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