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Small effective population sizes in two planktonic freshwater copepod species (Eudiaptomus) with apparently large census sizes.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Nov 2008
Zeller M, Reusch T B H, Lampert W
Abstract excerpt
In small planktonic organisms, large census sizes (N(c)) suggest large effective population sizes (N(e)), but reliable estimates are rare. Here, we present N(e)/N(c) ratios for two freshwater copepod species (Eudiaptomus sp.) using temporal samples of multilocus microsatellite genotypes and a pseudo-likelihood approach. N(e)/N(c) ratios were very small in both Eudiaptomus species (10(-7)-10(-8)). Although we...
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