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Is genetic diversity really higher in large populations?
Analyses of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have challenged the concept that genetic diversity within populations is governed by effective population size and mutation rate. A recent study in BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that variation in the rate of mutation rather than in population size is the main e...
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688907/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19435487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol135 |