Invariance (?) of mutational parameters for relative fitness over 400 generations of mutation accumulation in caenorhabditis elegans

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1497-1503

  Matsuba, Chikako ^a   Lewis, Suzanna ^a   Ostrow, Dejerianne G ^a   Salomon, Matthew P ^a,b   Sylvestre, Laurence ^a   Tabman, Brandon ^a   Ungvari Martin, Judit ^a   Baer, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bateman Mukai method; Fitness dependent mutation; Genetic load; Mutational variance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BATEMAN-MUKAI METHOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FITNESS-DEPENDENT MUTATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; MUTATIONAL VARIANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BATEMAN-MUKAI METHOD; FITNESS-DEPENDENT MUTATION; GENETIC LOAD; MUTATIONAL VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84883196188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.003947     Document Type: Article

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