The length of adaptive walks is insensitive to starting fitness in aspergillus nidulans

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3070-3078

  Gifford, Danna R ^a   Schoustra, Sijmen E ^b   Kassen, Rees ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beneficial mutations; Fitness; Selection natural

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; GRADUALISM; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 80054906747     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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