Statistical tests of neutrality in the age of weak selection

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 236-240

  Wayne, Marta L ^a   Simonsen, Katy L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALITY; SELECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0031805986     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01360-3     Document Type: Review

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