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Is genetic diversity really higher in large populations?

Journal of biology - 1 Jan 2009

Ellegren Hans

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Analyses of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have challenged the concept that genetic diversity within populations is governed by effective population size and mutation rate. A recent study in BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that variation in the rate of mutation rather than in population size is the mai...

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PMID: 19435487
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol135
PMCID: PMC2688907

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