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Joint analysis of demography and selection in population genetics: where do we stand and where could we go?
Article first published online: 14 OCT 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05308.x
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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LI, J., LI, H., JAKOBSSON, M., LI, S., SJÖDIN, P. and LASCOUX, M. (2012), Joint analysis of demography and selection in population genetics: where do we stand and where could we go?. Molecular Ecology, 21: 28–44. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05308.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 DEC 2011
- Article first published online: 14 OCT 2011
- Received 14 June 2011; revision received 30 August 2011; accepted 7 September 2011
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