The degeneration of asexual haploid populations and the speed of Muller's ratchet.

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Published in Genetics on March 01, 2000

Authors

I Gordo1, B Charlesworth

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1: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United Kingdom. i.gordo@ed.ac.uk

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