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The effects of low-impact mutations in digital organisms.

Theoretical biology & medical modelling - 18 Apr 2011

Nelson Chase W, Sanford John C

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BACKGROUND: Avida is a computer program that performs evolution experiments with digital organisms. Previous work has used the program to study the evolutionary origin of complex features, namely logic operations, but has consistently used extremely large mutational fitness effects. The present study uses Avida to better understand the role of low-impact mutations in evolution. RESULTS: When mutational fitness...

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PMID: 21501505
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-8-9
PMCID: PMC3102618

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