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Population bottlenecks in quasispecies dynamics.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2006
Escarmís C, Lázaro E, Manrubia S C
Abstract excerpt
The characteristics of natural populations result from different stochastic and deterministic processes that include reproduction with error, selection, and genetic drift. In particular, population fluctuations constitute a stochastic process that may play a very relevant role in shaping the structure of populations. For example, it is expected that small asexual populations will accumulate mutations at a higher...
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