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Effective population sizes: missing measures and missing concepts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1999

Keith A. Crandall
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, 574 Widtsoe Building, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-5255, USA
David Posada
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, 574 Widtsoe Building, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-5255, USA
Dan Vasco
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, 574 Widtsoe Building, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-5255, USA
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Abstract

Genetic diversity within a population is a critical parameter for conservation biologists to assess. One approach for examining genetic diversity is through the determination of effective population sizes. Animal Conservation recently published a review of genetic approaches for estimating effective population sizes. We felt this review was incomplete both methodologically and conceptually. Here we extend that review to include coalescent-based approaches for estimating effective population sizes. We then discuss different kinds of effective population sizes, including inbreeding, variance and eigenvalue effective sizes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 The Zoological Society of London

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