The role of deleterious mutations in the adaptation to a novel environment

Artificial Life 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 27-31

  Covert III, Arthur W ^a,b   Carlson Stevermer, Jared ^a,b   Derrberry, Dakota Z ^a,b   Wilke, Claus O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BEACON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPOSED TO; LOCAL FITNESS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS;

HEALTH;

EID: 84874706667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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