Lewontin’s Paradox Resolved? In Larger Populations, Stronger Selection Erases More Diversity | Zendy

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Lewontin’s Paradox Resolved? In Larger Populations, Stronger Selection Erases More Diversity

Author(s) -

Roland G. Roberts

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

plos biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127

H-Index - 271

eISSN - 1545-7885

pISSN - 1544-9173

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002113

Subject(s) - biology , selection (genetic algorithm) , neutral theory of molecular evolution , diversity (politics) , genetic diversity , evolutionary biology , population genetics , population , background selection , population structure , genetics , human evolutionary genetics , genome , demography , gene , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , anthropology

A new study uses a massive comparative population genetics dataset to explore why the neutral genetic diversity of a species does not have a simple relationship to its population size.

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