Selection versus random drift: Long-term polymorphism persistence in small populations (evidence and modelling)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1351, 1997, Pages 381-389

  Nevo, E ^a   Kirzhner, V ^a   Beiles, A ^a   Korol, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; SPALAX; SPALAX EHRENBERGI;

MOLE-RAT; POLYMORPHISM; RANDOM DRIFT; SELECTION;

EID: 0030809291     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0028     Document Type: Article

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