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Reduced genetic variation and the emergence of an extinction-threatening disease in the Tasmanian devil
Genetic change will not occur in populations if all the assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are met (see Section 5.1). In this and the next several chapters, we will see what happens when the assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are violated. In this chapter, we will examine what happens when we violate the assumption of infinite population size: that is, what will be the effect on allele and genotype frequencies when population size (N) is finite?
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Publication title
Conservation and the genetics of populationsEditors
F Allendorf et alPagination
96-116ISBN
978-0470671450Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing LtdPlace of publication
Oxford UKExtent
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