Fixation of mutators in asexual populations: The role of genetic drift and epistasis

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1143-1154

  Jain, Kavita ^a   Nagar, Apoorva ^b,c  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

^c Indian Institute Technology Hyderabad Ordnance Factory Estate   (India)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Fixation time; Genetic drift; Mutators

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC DRIFT; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPISTASIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC DRIFT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 84875813912     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12005     Document Type: Article

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