The fate of mutations surfing on the wave of a range expansion

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 482-490

  Klopfstein, Seraina ^a   Currat, Mathias ^a   Excoffier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Europe; Genetic drift; Neutral mutation; Range expansion; Simulation; Stepping stone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MUTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SURFING MUTATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33244467305     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj057     Document Type: Article

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