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A structured coalescent process for seasonally fluctuating populations.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2010
Shpak Max, Wakeley John, Garrigan Daniel, Lewontin Richard C
Abstract excerpt
Many short-lived organisms pass through several generations during favorable growing seasons, separated by inhospitable periods during which only small hibernating or estivating refugia remain. This induces pronounced seasonal fluctuations in population size and metapopulation structure. The first generations in the growing season will be characterized by small, relatively isolated demes whereas the later...
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