Escape from evolutionary stasis by transposon-mediated deleterious mutations.

doi:10.1006/jtbi.1997.0403

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Escape from evolutionary stasis by transposon-mediated deleterious mutations.

Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Jun 1997

McFadden J, Knowles G

Abstract excerpt

Evolution within a rugged fitness landscape is limited by the tendency for organisms to become trapped on local optima resulting in evolutionary stasis. It is presently unclear how founder populations escape from an adaptive peak to found a new species. Insertion sequences, transposons and other...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Algorithms
Animals
Biological Evolution
DNA Transposable Elements
Models, Genetic
Mutation

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