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Genetic drift with polygamy and arbitrary offspring distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

C. Cannings*
Affiliation:
Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield

Extract

Wright (1931) introduced a simple model for a bisexual, diploid population of fixed size and with non-overlapping generations. With N1 males and N2 females, the rate of drift was λ0 = 1 – (N/8N1N2) where N = N1 + N2.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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References

Cannings, C. (1974) Genetic drift with polygamy and arbitrary offspring distribution. J. Appl. Prob. 11, No. 4. To appear.Google Scholar
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