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The consistency of beneficial fitness effects of mutations across diverse genetic backgrounds.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pearson Victoria M, Miller Craig R, Rokyta Darin R
Abstract excerpt
Parallel and convergent evolution have been remarkably common observations in molecular adaptation but primarily in the context of the same genotype adapting to the same conditions. These phenomena therefore tell us about the stochasticity and limitations of adaptation. The limited data on convergence and parallelism in the adaptation of different genotypes conflict as to the importance of such events. If the...
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