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A note on the diffusion approximation for the variance of the number of generations until fixation of a neutral mutant gene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

P. Narain
P. Narain
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, U.K.
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A general expression is derived for the variance of time to fixation of a neutral gene in a finite population using a diffusion approximation. The results are compared with exact values derived by matrix methods for a population size of 8.

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Short Papers
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Genetics Research , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 251 - 255
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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