Linkage disequilibrium and effective population size when generations overlap

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 290-302

  Robinson, John D ^a   Moyer, Gregory R ^a  

^a Fish Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Computer simulations; Effective number of breeders; LDNe; Microsatellites; Nb; Ne; SPIP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874086523     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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