Generalized population models and the nature of genetic drift

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-99

  Der, Ricky ^a   Epstein, Charles L ^a   Plotkin, Joshua B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coalescent; Fleming Viot process; Cannings model; Genetic drift; Selection amplification; Wright Fisher model

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COALESCENCE; FLY; GENETIC DRIFT; HETEROGENEITY; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GENETIC DRIFT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79960637770     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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