How many founders, how large a population?

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The number of population founders and the size of the population are two important variables in determining how much gene diversity can be retained in a population. A model is developed to determine the most cost-effective balance of those two variables, based on comparing the marginal costs of increasing the number of founders vs. increasing the population size. Marginal costs, in this case, are the costs of...

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