Dynamics of neutral and selected alleles when the offspring distribution is skewed

Genetics

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1331-1344

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ELDON WAKELEY MODEL; FAMILY SIZE; FISHERMAN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTANT; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84865104714     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.140038     Document Type: Article

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