Surprising fitness consequences of GC-biased gene conversion: I. Mutation load and inbreeding depression

Genetics

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 939-959

  Glémin, Sylvain ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATING SYSTEM; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSANGUINITY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

PRIMATES;

BASE COMPOSITION; CONSANGUINITY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78349237426     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.116368     Document Type: Article

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