Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations in Endosymbionts: Muller’s Ratchet with Two Levels of Selection

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  2000

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2000-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/303396PMID 29592135
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