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Abstract
The mutation and natural selection phenomenon can and often does cause the failure of antimicrobial, herbicidal, pesticide and cancer treatments selection pressures. This phenomenon operates in a mathematically predictable behavior, which when understood leads to approaches to reduce and prevent the failure of the use of these selection pressures. The mathematical behavior of mutation and selection is derived using the principles given by probability theory. The derivation of the equations describing the mutation and selection phenomenon is carried out in the context of an empirical example.Entities:
Keywords: mathematics; natural selection; probability theory; random mutation
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25244620 DOI: 10.1002/sim.6307
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stat Med ISSN: 0277-6715 Impact factor: 2.373