The propagation of a cultural or biological trait by neutral genetic drift in a subdivided population

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-472

  Blythe, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Cultural evolution; Effective population size; Migration; Population subdivision; Random genetic drift

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC DRIFT; MIGRATION; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC DRIFT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; GENETIC DRIFT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34247595403     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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