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Mutator Frequency Dynamics

Mutator Frequency Dynamics is a theoretical framework in evolutionary genetics that models the temporal changes in the prevalence of mutator alleles within a population due to the interplay between mutation, selection, and genetic drift.

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2017–2026

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Role of mutator alleles in adaptive evolution

François Taddéi, Miroslav Radman, John Maynard-Smith et al. · Nature · 1997 · 710 citations · Full text

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The Evolution of Mutator Genes in Bacterial Populations: The Roles of Environmental Change and Timing

Mark M. Tanaka, Carl T. Bergstrom, Bruce R. Levin · Genetics · 2003 · 128 citations · Full text

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The approach to mutation–selection balance in an infinite asexual population, and the evolution of mutation rates

Toby Johnson · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1999 · 109 citations

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Efficiency of carcinogenesis with and without a mutator mutation

Robert A. Beckman, Lawrence A. Loeb · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 92 citations · Full text

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Mutator genes—pacemakers of evolution

James N. Thompson, R. C. Woodruff · Nature · 1978 · 88 citations

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Authors

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  1. RC
    R. C. Woodruff

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    3 publications · 157 citations

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  2. PS
    Paul Sniegowski

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    3 publications · 92 citations

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  3. YR
    Yevgeniy Raynes

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    3 publications · 92 citations

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  4. JN
    James N. Thompson

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    3 publications · 157 citations

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  5. LL
    Lu Lu

    University of Tennessee Health Science Center, United States

    2 publications · 79 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    457 citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    251 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  4. University of Tennessee Health Science Center

    Memphis, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    237 citations

  5. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    125 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  7. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    162 citations

  8. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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  1. Nature

    4 publications · 898 citations

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  2. Genetics

    3 publications · 228 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 124 citations

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  4. PLoS Computational Biology

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. PLoS Genetics

    1 publications · 73 citations

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