SPLATCHE: A program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-142

  Currat, M ^a,b   Ray, N ^a,b   Excoffier, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coalescent simulation; Demography; Heterogeneous environment; Molecular diversity; Spatial expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342288606     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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