Mutation and Genome Evolution
Document Type
Book Contribution
Publication Date
4-14-2016
Description
Genome composition and architecture is shaped by two types of processes: those that introduce heritable changes (mutagenesis) and those that determine the fate of such changes in the populations (genetic drift and selection). Chemical and biological properties of mutagenesis determines the frequencies at which different type of mutations occur, which, in turn, determines their rates of fixation by drift and affects the spectrum of mutations available for selection to operate on. As the result, genomes of living organisms carry many signatures mutagenesis.
Citation Information
Yampolsky, L. Y.. 2016. Mutation and Genome Evolution. Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00170-0 ISBN: 9780128004265,9780128000496