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Small Population Genetics

Small Population Genetics is a subfield of population genetics that focuses on the genetic consequences of reduced population size, particularly the increased influence of genetic drift, inbreeding, and mutation accumulation on genetic diversity and evolutionary potential.

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171

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105

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2017–2026

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Limits to the Adaptive Potential of Small Populations

Yvonne Willi, Josh Van Buskirk, Ary A. Hoffmann · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2006 · 989 citations

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Intron evolution as a population-genetic process

Michael Lynch · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 296 citations · Full text

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Conservation genetics as a management tool: The five best-supported paradigms to assist the management of threatened species

Yvonne Willi, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Carla M. Sgrò et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2021 · 285 citations · Full text

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Highly Variable Spread Rates in Replicated Biological Invasions: Fundamental Limits to Predictability

Alan Hastings · Science · 2009 · 210 citations

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HETEROZYGOTE EXCESS IN SMALL POPULATIONS AND THE HETEROZYGOTE-EXCESS EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE

François Balloux · Evolution · 2004 · 159 citations

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Authors

171

  1. WE
    Warwick Estevam Kerr

    Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil

    4 publications · 143 citations

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  2. SW
    Sewall Wright

    University of Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 143 citations

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  3. DE
    David E. McCauley

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  4. PF
    Patrick Foley

    California State University, Sacramento, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  5. FB
    François Balloux

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 183 citations

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Institutions

105

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    436 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    336 citations

  3. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    127 citations

  4. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    302 citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    446 citations

  6. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    138 citations

  7. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    375 citations

  8. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    3.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    10 publications · 464 citations

    10

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  2. Genetics

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  3. Heredity

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  4. Molecular Ecology

    2 publications · 177 citations

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  5. Science

    2 publications · 256 citations

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