Measuring spontaneous deleterious mutation process

Genetica

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 183-197

  Kondrashov, Alexey S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Genome; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 7344234854     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5210-5_16     Document Type: Article

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