Genetic hitch-hiking in a subdivided population.

doi:10.1017/s001667239800319x

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Genetic hitch-hiking in a subdivided population.

Genetical research - 1 Apr 1998

Slatkin M, Wiehe T

Abstract excerpt

The problem of genetic hitch-hiking in a geographically subdivided population is analysed under the assumption that migration rates among populations are relatively small compared with the selection coefficient for a newly arising advantageous allele. The approximate method used in the paper is v...

Topics

Genetics, Population
Heterozygote
Models, Genetic
Mutation

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