Muller’s ratchet in symbiont populations

2006/08/21 by Mats E. Pettersson, Otto G. Berg · 53 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Ecology #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary biology #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Host (biology) #Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences #Musca #Mutation #Obligate #Plant and animal studies #Population #Ratchet #Selection (genetic algorithm)

paper · doi:10.1007/s10709-006-9007-7

published in Genetica 130(2), 199-211 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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