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Fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana mutation accumulation lines whose spontaneous mutations are known.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2012
Rutter Matthew T, Roles Angela, Conner Jeffrey K, Shaw Ruth G, Shaw Frank H, Schneeberger Korbinian, Ossowski Stephan, Weigel Detlef, Fenster Charles B
Abstract excerpt
Despite the fundamental importance of mutation to the evolutionary process, we have little knowledge of the direct consequences of specific spontaneous mutations to the fitness of the organism. Combining results of whole-genome sequencing with repeated field assays of survival and reproduction, we quantify the combined effects on fitness of spontaneous mutations identified in Arabidopsis thaliana. We demonstrate...
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