A note on the diffusion approximation for the variance of the number of generations until fixation of a neutral mutant gene
- 1 February 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Genetics Research
- Vol. 15 (2), 251-255
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672300001579
Abstract
SUMMARY: A general expression is derived for the variance of time to fixation of a neutral gene in a finite population using a diffusion approximation. The results are compared with exact values derived by matrix methods for a population size of 8.Keywords
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