Surfing downhill: When should population range expansion be characterized by reductions in fitness?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 5963-5965

  Flaxman, Samuel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary theory; gene surfing; humans; mutation load; out of Africa; population genomics; theoretical population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE SURFING; HUMAN; MUTATION; MUTATION LOAD; OUT OF AFRICA; POPULATION GENOMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; THEORETICAL POPULATION GENETICS;

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE SURFING; HUMANS; MUTATION LOAD; OUT OF AFRICA; POPULATION GENOMICS; THEORETICAL POPULATION GENETICS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 84890061603     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12564     Document Type: Article

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