Effective sizes for subdivided populations.

doi:10.1093/genetics/135.4.1221

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Effective sizes for subdivided populations.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1993

Chesser R K, Rhodes O E, Sugg D W, Schnabel A

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Many derivations of effective population sizes have been suggested in the literature; however, few account for the breeding structure and none can readily be expanded to subdivided populations. Breeding structures influence gene correlations through their effects on the number of breeding individ...

Topics

Animals
Female
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Male
Models, Genetic
Population Density

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