OEB 192 – 08.11.03 Mutation rate & population size I.

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OEB 192 – 08.11.03

Mutation rate & population size I.

Error catastrophe

R.A. Fisher, 1930. “The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection”, p.76

Wednesday (11/3): Mutation rate & population size II.

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"Genomic studies of adaptive evolution in defined environments“

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