A new practical guide to the Luria-Delbrück protocol

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 781, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-13

  Zheng, Qi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Mutation rate; Plating efficiency; Relative fitness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL POPULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LURIA DELBRUCK PROTOCOL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION RATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MUTATION RATE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84941277851     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: 18792871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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