Small-word networks decrease the speed of Muller's ratchet

Muller's ratchet is an evolutionary process that has been implicated in the extinction of asexual species, the evolution of non-recombining genomes, such as the mitochondria, the degeneration of the Y chromosome, and the evolution of sex and recombination. Here we study the speed of Muller'...

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Main Author: Combadão, J. (author)
Other Authors: Dionisio, F. (author), Campos, P.R.A. (author), Gordo, I. (author), Gomes, M.G.M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Evolution
Extinction, Biological
Models, Genetic
Selection, Genetic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/81
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt:10400.7/81

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/81

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