Grokking effective population size, with Robin Waples
Heredity Podcast · Aicha Hanna
August 30, 202334m 39s
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Show Notes
What is effective population size (Ne), and why is it important? Robin Waples takes us back to the basics of this important evolutionary concept and discusses his new paper, using simulations to demonstrate that Bill Hill's 1972 equation for calculating Ne still works for populations with extreme reproductive patterns.
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