Is the population size of a species relevant to its evolution?

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2161-2169

  Gillespie, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial sampling; Genetic draft; Genetic drift; Hitchhiking; Molecular evolution; Natural selection; Population size

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035678847     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00732.x     Document Type: Article

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