Genetic Drift

Genetic Drift is a mechanism of evolution defined as the random fluctuation in allele frequencies within a population due to stochastic sampling effects in finite populations.

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Variants

Allelic DriftSewall Wright Effect

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Classical GeneticsConservation GeneticsEvolutionary GeneticsEvolutionary TheoryExperimental EvolutionMicroevolutionPopulation BiologyPopulation Genetics

Children

Allele Frequency FluctuationDrift-selection BalanceFinite Population EffectsGene Drift ModelsGenetic FixationGenetic HitchhikingHeterozygosity DeclineInbreeding DriftLoss Of Genetic VariationMuller's Ratchet

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A global reference for human genetic variation

Richard Durbin, Peter Donnelly, Paul Flicek et al. · Nature · 2015 · 20K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +13

Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data: Linked Loci and Correlated Allele Frequencies

Daniel Falush, Matthew Stephens, Jonathan K. Pritchard · Genetics · 2003 · 8.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution

Scientific American · 1979 · 7.8K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +14

Statistical Tests of Neutrality of Mutations Against Population Growth, Hitchhiking and Background Selection

Yun‐Xin Fu · Genetics · 1997 · 7.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biostatistics, Genetics +12

Principles of Population Genetics.

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

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +17

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Montgomery Slatkin
University of California, Berkeley, United States
38 publications · 11.2K citations
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Brian Charlesworth
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
38 publications · 7.6K citations
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Michael Lynch
Indiana University Bloomington, United States
37 publications · 6.4K citations
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Michael C. Whitlock
University of British Columbia, Canada
33 publications · 6.4K citations
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Nick Barton
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
29 publications · 6.2K citations
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Genetics
485 publications · 89.5K citations
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Evolution
615 publications · 75.7K citations
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS · 221 publications · 32.1K citations
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Molecular Ecology
275 publications · 19K citations
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Molecular Biology and Evolution
MBE · 163 publications · 15.4K citations
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