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. 1979 May;92(1):317-22.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/92.1.317.

A note on effective population size with overlapping generations

W G Hill  1
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A note on effective population size with overlapping generations

W G Hill. Genetics. 1979 May.

Abstract

A simple derivation is given for a formula obtained previously for the effective size of random-mating populations with overlapping generations. The effective population size is the same as that for a population with discrete generations having the same variance of lifetime family size and the same number of individuals entering the population per generation.

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