Random drift and large shifts in popularity of dog breeds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Herzog, Harold A ^a   Bentley, R Alexander ^b   Hahn, Matthew W ^c  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Cultural transmission; Power laws; Random genetic drift

Indexed keywords

CANID; DOMESTIC SPECIES;

ARTICLE; BREED; DOG; GENETIC DRIFT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 3242883873     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0185     Document Type: Article

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