Theoretical studies of the interaction between deleterious and beneficial mutations
Mutation, broadly defined, provides the raw material for evolution. Most mutations are deleterious, that is they confer a disadvantage and the tendency of natural selection is to eliminate them. Populations suffer a reduction in mean fitness, or load, as a consequence of deleterious mutation. One qu...
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University of Edinburgh
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.653038 |