Fitness-dependent mutation rates in finite populations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1677-1684

  Shaw, Frank H ^a   Baer, C F ^b  

^a HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Fitness; Muller's ratchet; Mutation rate; Mutational meltdown; Spontaneous mutation

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DOMINANCE; EPISTASIS; FITNESS; HEURISTICS; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79960236929     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02320.x     Document Type: Article

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