Mutation rates as adaptations.

doi:10.1006/jtbi.1996.0362

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Mutation rates as adaptations.

Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Jun 1997

Maley C

Abstract excerpt

In order to better understand life, it is helpful to look beyond the envelop of life as we know it. A simple model of coevolution was implemented with the addition of a gene for the mutation rate of the individual. This allowed the mutation rate itself to evolve in a lineage. The model shows that...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Biological Evolution
Computer Simulation
Genes, Regulator
Models, Genetic
Mutation

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