PLoS Biology (Apr 2015)

Lewontin's paradox resolved? In larger populations, stronger selection erases more diversity.

  • Roland G Roberts

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002113
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 4
p. e1002113

Abstract

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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.