Mid-century controversies in population genetics

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-16

  Crow, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical vs balance hypothesis; Genetic load; Heterosis; Neutral theory; Random drift; Shifting balance theory

Indexed keywords

GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 58549096543     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.42.110807.091612     Document Type: Review

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