March 22, 1996 - March 22, 2029

  • Date:07MondayDecember 2009

    Clonal interference and the speed of evolution in large asexual populations

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    Time
    14:15 - 14:15
    Location
    Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
    LecturerJoachim Krug
    University Koeln
    Organizer
    The Kahn Family Research Center for Systems Biology of the Human Cell
    Contact
    perla.zalcberg@weizmann.ac.il
    AbstractShow full text abstract about The notion of clonal interference refers to the competition ...»
    The notion of clonal interference refers to the competition between independently arising beneficial mutations in an asexual population adapting to a new environment. It limits the speed of adaptation of large populations and has therefore played a major role in the discussion about possible advantages of recombination. The talk will introduce the basic population genetics of clonal interference and describe recent theoretical results in the context of experimental studies of microbial evolution.
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