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| Title |
Impacts of mutation effects and population size on mutation rate in asexual populations: a simulation study
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-10-298 |
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| Authors |
Xiaoqian Jiang, Baolin Mu, Zhuoran Huang, Mingjing Zhang, Xiaojuan Wang, Shiheng Tao |
| Abstract |
In any natural population, mutation is the primary source of genetic variation required for evolutionary novelty and adaptation. Nevertheless, most mutations, especially those with phenotypic effects, are harmful and are consequently removed by natural selection. For this reason, under natural selection, an organism will evolve to a lower mutation rate. Overall, the action of natural selection on mutation rate is related to population size and mutation effects. Although theoretical work has intensively investigated the relationship between natural selection and mutation rate, most of these studies have focused on individual competition within a population, rather than on competition among populations. The aim of the present study was to use computer simulations to investigate how natural selection adjusts mutation rate among asexually reproducing subpopulations with different mutation rates. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Romania | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 65 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 33% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 8% |
| Professor | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 36 | 49% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Engineering | 2 | 3% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 January 2021.
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#14,600,553
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#2,429
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#83,617
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#46
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