The distribution of fitness effects of new beneficial mutations in Pseudomonas fluorescens

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-100

  McDonald, Michael J ^a,c   Cooper, Tim F ^b   Beaumont, Hubertus J E ^a,d   Rainey, Paul B ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolution; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BACTERIUM; FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 79551470995     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0547     Document Type: Article

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