Estimation of the rate and effect of new beneficial mutations in asexual populations

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-178

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Sehgal, Vasudha ^a   Dinh, Duy M ^a   Azevedo, Ricardo B R ^a   Cooper, Tim F ^a   Azencott, Robert ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutations; Evolutionary simulations; Experimental evolution; Large deviation theory; Mutation rate; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FITNESS; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

BACTERIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856514801     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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