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Demographic and genetic estimates of effective population size (Ne) reveals genetic compensation in steelhead trout.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2003
Ardren William R, Kapuscinski Anne R
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Estimates of effective population size (Ne) are required to predict the impacts of genetic drift and inbreeding on the evolutionary dynamics of populations. How the ratio of Ne to the number of sexually mature adults (N) varies in natural vertebrate populations has not been addressed. We examined the sensitivity of Ne/N to fluctuations of N and determined the major variables responsible for changing the ratio...
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