A branching-process model for the evolution of transposable elements incorporating selection

DOI10.1007/BF00160190zbMath0732.92016OpenAlexW1964575809WikidataQ52465673 ScholiaQ52465673MaRDI QIDQ809928

Christopher J. Basten, Michael E. Moody

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00160190

zbMATH Keywords

population geneticsDNA sequencesdeletionmobile genetic elementsbranching-processescopy number-dependent selectioncopy number-dependent transpositionequilibrium distribution of copy numberevolution of transposable genetic elementsexpected number of offspringprokaryotic populationsselection patternsunregulated transposition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20)

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