Excess of mutational jackpot events in growing populations due to gene surfing
Diana Fusco, Matti Gralka, Alex Anderson, Jona Kayser, Oskar Hallatschek
The paper shows that mutational jackpot events are more common in spatially structured populations due to gene surfing, increasing the risk of drug resistance and evolutionary outcomes.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology