Comparing mutational variabilities.

doi:10.1093/genetics/143.3.1467

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Comparing mutational variabilities.

Genetics - 1 Jul 1996

Houle D, Morikawa B, Lynch M

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We have reviewed the available data on VM, the amount of genetic variation in phenotypic traits produced each generation by mutation. We use these data to make several qualitative tests of the mutation-selection balance hypothesis for the maintenance of genetic variance (MSB). To compare VM value...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Genetic Variation
Mutation
Phenotype

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