Effective population size and patterns of molecular evolution and variation

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Nature reviews genetics

• Publication date

  2009-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/nrg2526PMID 19204717
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