The fittest versus the flattest: experimental confirmation of the quasispecies effect with subviral pathogens.
The "survival of the fittest" is the paradigm of Darwinian evolution in which the best-adapted replicators are favored by natural selection. However, at high mutation rates, the fittest organisms are not necessarily the fastest replicators but rather are those that show the greatest robust...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1757203?pdf=render |