The hitch-hiking effect of a favourable gene

Genetical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1974, Pages 23-35

  Smith, John Maynard ^a   Haigh, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENE SUBSTITUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; MODEL; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; SELECTION; STATISTICS;

ALLELES; ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); PROBABILITY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0016220238     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300014634     Document Type: Article

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