Deleterious mutations can reduce differentiation in small, subdivided populations

Hereditas

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-264

  Pamilo, Pekka ^a   Pálsson, Snaebjörn ^b   Savolainen, Outi ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0344132058     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1999.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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