Rapid Intraspecies Evolution of Fitness Effects of Yeast Genes
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac061
Abstract: Abstract Organisms within species have numerous genetic and phenotypic variations. Growing evidences show intraspecies variation of mutant phenotypes may be more complicated than expected. Current studies on intraspecies variations of mutant phenotypes are limited to… read more here.
Keywords: strain specific; fitness effects; intraspecies variation; fitness effect ... See more keywords
The evolutionary origin of the universal distribution of mutation fitness effect
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008822
Abstract: An intriguing fact long defying explanation is the observation of a universal exponential distribution of beneficial mutations in fitness effect for different microorganisms. To explain this effect, we use a population model including mutation, directional… read more here.
Keywords: effect; fitness effect; distribution mutation; distribution ... See more keywords