Loss of least-loaded class in asexual populations due to drift and epistasis.

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Published in Genetics on August 09, 2008

Authors

Kavita Jain1

Author Affiliations

1: Theoretical Sciences Unit and Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India. jain@jncasr.ac.in

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