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Modelling problems in conservation genetics using Drosophila: consequences of fluctuating population sizes.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 1994
Woodworth L M, Montgomery M E, Nurthen R K, Briscoe D A, Frankham R
Abstract excerpt
Many natural populations fluctuate widely in population size. This is predicted to reduce effective population size, genetic variation, and reproductive fitness, and to increase inbreeding. The effects of fluctuating population size were examined in small populations of Drosophila melanogaster of the same average size, but maintained using either fluctuating (FPS) or equal (EPS) population sizes. FPS lines were...
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