Gene surfing in expanding populations

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-170

  Hallatschek, Oskar ^a   Nelson, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Fisher wave; Neutral evolution; Random genetic drift; Range expansions

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COALESCENCE; COLONIZATION; GENETIC DRIFT; POPULATION SIZE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849036829     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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