Do clones degenerate over time? Explaining the genetic variability of asexuals through population genetic models

Biology Direct

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Janko, Karel ^a   Drozd, Pavel ^b   Eisner, Jan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PLATYHELMINTHES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 79952101016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-17     Document Type: Article

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