Samples from subdivided populations yield biased estimates of effective size that overestimate the rate of loss of genetic variation

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-99

  Ryman, Nils ^a   Allendorf, Fred W ^b   Jorde, Per Erik ^c,d   Laikre, Linda ^a   Hössjer, Ola ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Subdivided populations; Temporal method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SUBDIVIDED POPULATIONS; TEMPORAL METHOD;

EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; SUBDIVIDED POPULATIONS; TEMPORAL METHOD;

BIOSTATISTICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84890150172     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12154     Document Type: Article

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