Comparing mutation rates under the Luria–Delbrück protocol

Genetica

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 351-359

  Zheng, Qi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Fluctuation experiment; Likelihood ratio test; Plating efficiency; Relative fitness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE;

EID: 84969134720     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: 15736857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-016-9904-3     Document Type: Article

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