A. G. Mikhailova

The paper investigates epistatic effects between heat shock and slightly deleterious mutations in Cyprinus carpio L. embryos using mutagenesis and temperature stress to improve genetic quality in fish populations.

The paper investigates using heat shock to induce purifying selection in carp to reduce deleterious mutations, finding that fitness drops more in mutated lines but with weak and unstable effects.

The paper examines A>G substitutions in mtDNA across vertebrates, finding higher rates in warm-blooded species, suggesting temperature influences oxidative damage and mutational patterns.