The standard of neutrality: still flapping in the breeze?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1339-1350

  Proulx, S R ^a   Adler, F R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation probability; Natural selection; Neutral process; Population genetics; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77954170045     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02006.x     Document Type: Review

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