On heterozygosity and the effective size of populations subject to size changes.

U. Motro, G. Thomson

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Abstract

The effective population size and the expected level of heterozygosity are considered for populations whose size changes in a deterministic, cyclic way. Repeated bottlenecks, combined with long enough cycle length, not only provide large deviations from the widely used approximated values, but also greatly reduce the heterozygosity level at all stages of the cycle.-Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1059-1066
Number of pages8
JournalEvolution
Volume36
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982
Externally publishedYes

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