S F Elena

Summary

Affiliation: Michigan State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Test of synergistic interactions among deleterious mutations in bacteria
    S F Elena
    Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
    Nature 390:395-8. 1997
  2. ncbi Punctuated evolution caused by selection of rare beneficial mutations
    S F Elena
    Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, USA
    Science 272:1802-4. 1996

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. ncbi Test of synergistic interactions among deleterious mutations in bacteria
    S F Elena
    Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
    Nature 390:395-8. 1997
    ..Several pairs exhibit significant interactions for fitness, but they are antagonistic as often as they are synergistic. These results do not support the mutational deterministic hypothesis for the evolution of sex...
  2. ncbi Punctuated evolution caused by selection of rare beneficial mutations
    S F Elena
    Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, USA
    Science 272:1802-4. 1996
    ..This experiment shows that the most elementary processes in population genetics can give rise to punctuated evolution dynamics...