Mutation and selection within the individual.

Article

Mutation and selection within the individual.

Genetica - 1 Jan 1998

Otto S P, Hastings I M

Abstract excerpt

Selection within the individual may have played a critical and creative role in evolution, boosting the survival chances of mutations beneficial to the cell and the individual, hindering the spread of deleterious mutations, and reducing the genetic load imposed on the population. We review the li...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Genes, Recessive
Germ-Line Mutation
Mathematical Computing
Models, Genetic
Mosaicism
Mutation
Selection, Genetic

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