Segregation distortion in a deme-structured population: Opposing demands of gene, individual and group selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-93

  Van Boven, M ^a   Weissing, F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deme productivity; Invasion; Markov model; Metapopulation; Migration; Persistence; Simulation study; t complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032895790     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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