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Large variance in reproductive success and the Ne/N ratio.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2005

Hedrick Philip

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The ratio of the effective population size to adult (or census) population size (Ne/N) is an indicator of the extent of genetic variation expected in a population. It has been suggested that this ratio may be quite low for highly fecund species in which there is a sweepstakes-like chance of reproductive success, known as the Hedgecock effect. Here I show theoretically how the ratio may be quite small when there...

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