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Evolutionary Genetics

Evolutionary Genetics is the biological field that explains evolution through the study of heritable genetic variation and changes in allele frequencies within populations resulting from the action of mutation, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow.

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Mathematical model for studying genetic variation in terms of restriction endonucleases.

M Nei, Wen‐Hsiung Li · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 10.6K citations · Full text

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Analysis of Gene Diversity in Subdivided Populations

Masatoshi Nei · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1973 · 9K citations · Full text

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Principles of Population Genetics.

R. M. Cormack, Daniel L. Hartl, Andrew G. Clark · Biometrics · 1990 · 5.4K citations

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Population growth makes waves in the distribution of pairwise genetic differences.

Alan R. Rogers, Henry Harpending · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1992 · 4.6K citations · Full text

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Gene Flow and the Geographic Structure of Natural Populations

Montgomery Slatkin · Science · 1987 · 3.9K citations

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  1. BC
    Brian Charlesworth

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    39 publications · 7.9K citations

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    Michael Lynch

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    34 publications · 6K citations

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    Marcus W. Feldman

    Stanford University, United States

    33 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. TD
    Theodosius Dobzhansky

    Columbia University, United States

    29 publications · 2K citations

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  5. MN
    Masatoshi Nei

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    27 publications · 17.6K citations

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  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    66 h-index

    214 publications

    26K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    61 h-index

    215 publications

    32.3K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    57 h-index

    138 publications

    34.7K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    56 h-index

    212 publications

    26.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    54 h-index

    302 publications

    28.9K citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    50 h-index

    141 publications

    19.3K citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    48 h-index

    164 publications

    19.6K citations

  8. National Institute of Genetics

    Mishima, Japan

    45 h-index

    100 publications

    12K citations

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  1. Evolution

    511 publications · 66K citations

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  2. Genetics

    460 publications · 58.5K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 279 publications · 52.7K citations

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  4. The American Naturalist

    AN · 129 publications · 14.8K citations

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  5. Molecular Ecology

    99 publications · 14.6K citations

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See also

Evolutionary Genetics

Core Mechanisms

Analytical Methods

Population Models

Genetic Data Types