In defense of founder-flush theories of speciation

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-505

  Slatkin, Montgomery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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FOUNDER-FLUSH MODELS; GENETIC DRIFT; SPECIATION;

EID: 0029753727     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285862     Document Type: Article

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