A universal scaling law determines time reversibility and steady state of substitutions under selection

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-76

  Manhart, Michael ^a   Haldane, Allan ^a   Morozov, Alexandre V ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness landscape; Reversibility; Substitutions; Universality

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MODELING; PROTEIN; SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84861681061     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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