Beneficial mutations and the dynamics of adaptation in asexual populations.

doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0290

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Beneficial mutations and the dynamics of adaptation in asexual populations.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 27 Apr 2010

Sniegowski Paul D, Gerrish Philip J

Abstract excerpt

We discuss the dynamics of adaptive evolution in asexual (clonal) populations. The classical 'periodic selection' model of clonal evolution assumed that beneficial mutations are very rare and therefore substitute unfettered into populations as occasional, isolated events. Newer models allow for t...

Topics

Bacteria
Clone Cells
Genetics, Population
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Reproduction, Asexual
Selection, Genetic
Stochastic Processes

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