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Genetic variation in natural populations: patterns and theory.
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Analysis of allozymic variation in natural populations of plants, animals, and humans based on studies published prior to early 1976 and involving 243 species, suggests that the amounts of genetic polymorphism and heterozygosity vary nonrandomly between loci, populations, species, habitats, and life zones, and are correlated with ecological heterogeneity.About:Â
This article is published in Theoretical Population Biology.The article was published on 1978-02-01. It has received 964 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Genetic divergence & Genetic variability.read more
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The psychological foundations of culture.
John Tooby,Leda Cosmides +1 more
TL;DR: One of the strengths of scientific inquiry is that it can progress with any mixture of empiricism, intuition, and formal theory that suits the convenience of the investigator as discussed by the authors, which is the case in many sciences.
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Directions in conservation biology
TL;DR: The small-population paradigm has not yet contributed significantly to conserving endangered species in the wild because it treats an erect (smallness) as if it were a cause and hence is of scant theoretical interest.
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The natal and breeding dispersal of birds
and P J Greenwood,Paul H. Harvey +1 more
TL;DR: Over 40 years ago, ornithologists studying the movement of birds in relation to their birth and breeding sites were preoccupied with estimating the extent of mixing of individuals within a species's range, with major disagreements about how far young birds dispersed.
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Sexual reproduction as an adaptation to resist parasites (a review)
TL;DR: P parasite coevolution is superior to previous models of the evolution of sex by supporting the stability of sex under the following challenging conditions: very low fecundity, realistic patterns of genotype fitness and changing environment, and frequent mutation to parthenogenesis, even while sex pays the full 2-fold cost.
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New Methods Employing Multilocus Genotypes to Select or Exclude Populations as Origins of Individuals
TL;DR: It becomes possible to exclude a population as the origin of an individual, a useful extension of the currently available assignment methods, after the distribution of the assignment criterion was used to define the probability that an individual belongs to the population.
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Genetics and the Origin of Species
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a taxonomy of diverse and diverse populations in the United States, including the following: 1.ORGANIC DIVERSITY 3 GENE MUTATION 15 MUTation as a basis for RACIAL and SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES 39 CHROMOSOMAL CHANGES 73 VARIATION in NATURAL POPULATION 118 SELECTION 149 POLYPLOIDY 192 ISOLATING MECHANISMS 228 HYBRID STERILITY 259 SPECIES AS NATUREAL UNITS 303 L
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The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change
TL;DR: A new book that many people really want to read will you be one of them? Of course, you should be as discussed by the authors, even some people think that reading is a hard to do, you must be sure that you can do it.
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Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees
Mary Claire King,Allan C. Wilson +1 more