Social heterosis and the maintenance of genetic diversity at the genome level

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 631-635

  Nonacs, P ^a   Kapheim, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Genetic diversity; Genetic drift; Genome; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EPISTASIS; FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; HETEROSIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 38849205760     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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