The population genetics of beneficial mutations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1544, 2010, Pages 1195-1201

  Allen Orr, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beneficial mutations; Dominance; Extreme value theory; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 77951584625     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0282     Document Type: Review

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