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On Kimura's maximum principle in the genetical theory of natural selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

A. W. F. Edwards*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge

Extract

In 1958 Kimura introduced his Maximum Principle in the Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, which has since been described in several books (Ewens (1969), Crow and Kimura (1970), Kojima (1970)). I shall use Ewens' notation and treatment which, although it uses the discrete-generation model, is formally equivalent to Kimura's continuous-time treatment.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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References

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