Modeling evolution using the probability of fixation: History and implications

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-252

  McCandlish, David M ^a,b   Stoltzfus, Arlin ^c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Modern synthesis; Mutation selection drift; Mutationism; Population genetics; SSWM; Weak mutation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTORY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84905454017     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677571     Document Type: Article

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