Surviving the ratchet : Modelling deleterious mutations in asexual populations
One of the most unforgiving processes in nature is that of Muller's ratchet, a seemingly irreversible accumulation of deleterious mutations that all organisms have to deal with or face extinction. The most obvious way to avoid fitness collapse is recombination, though asexual populations usuall...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Molekylär evolution
2011
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-157897 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-8137-7 |