Evidence for elevated mutation rates in low-quality genotypes

PhD student Nathaniel P. Sharp and EEB professor Aneil F. Agrawal publish study in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109:6142-6146 on mutation rate in Drosphila. This study was highligthed in U of T news.

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Change in the mean and variance in fitness for 11 treatment groups over 46 generations of mutant accumulation. For full description see Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109:6142-6146.