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The application of diffusion theory to two population genetic models of Moran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

G. A. Watterson*
Affiliation:
Monash University

Extract

Moran (1958a) (1958b) introduced two population genetic models of a general kind to investigate the combined effects on evolution of four factors,

Type
Research Papers
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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