Surfing during population expansions promotes genetic revolutions and structuration

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Excoffier, Laurent ^a   Ray, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT SURVEY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 45349102366     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.04.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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