Developments in the prediction of effective population size
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Heredity
- Vol. 73 (6) , 657-679
- https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1994.174
Abstract
Effective population size is a key parameter in evolutionary and quantitative genetics because it measures the rate of genetic drift and inbreeding. Predictive equations of effective size under a range of circumstances and some of their implications are reviewed in this paper. Derivations are made for the simplest cases, and the inter-relations between different formulae and methods are discussed.Keywords
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