Heterogeneous adaptive trajectories of small populations on complex fitness landscapes.
Small populations are thought to be adaptively handicapped, not only because they suffer more from deleterious mutations but also because they have limited access to new beneficial mutations, particularly those conferring large benefits.Here, we test this widely held conjecture using both simulation...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-03-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2248617?pdf=render |