On measuring selection in experimental evolution

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-213

  Chevin, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Experimental evolution; Frequency dependence; Mutation fitness effects; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENERATION TIME; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SELECTION;

EID: 79954465250     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0580     Document Type: Article

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