Mutation and the evolution of recombination

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1544, 2010, Pages 1281-1294

  Barton, N H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution of recombination; Hill robertson effect; Modifier; Mutation load

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; EPISTASIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION; SELECTION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77951592438     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0320     Document Type: Review

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