Development of neutral nearly neutral theories

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 128-142

  Ohta, Tomoko ^a   Gillespie, John H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001654122     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1996.0007     Document Type: Article

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