On the methods for predicting the effective size of populations under selection

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 485-489

  Nomura, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Genetic contribution; Genetic drift; Inbreeding; Selection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 0032758709     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885870     Document Type: Article

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