Genetic Effects of Population Size Reduction

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1968 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 220, pages 1,084-1,088 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: D F, Roberts;

doi: 10.1038/2201084a0

pmid: 5723603

Genetic Effects of Population Size Reduction

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Abstract

How far do accidental sampling errors in small populations influence their genetic make-up ? Detailed pedigrees of the population of Tristan da Cunha have been used to give an answer to this question.

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Newcastle University
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Disasters, Genetics, Population, Gene Frequency, Atlantic Islands, Genetic Variation, Humans, Religious Missions, Emigration and Immigration, Biological Evolution, Sampling Studies, Pedigree

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